I May Never Trust Again

Sometimes one reads something and comprehends it, but wants to experience the information from a different angle or a different medium. Often a piece of literature is best understood when the visual text is paired with audio or discussion. This is not the case for Marshall McLuhan's The Medium is the Massage.

I read the first third of the book, and I comprehended the ideas McLuhan was presenting, at least on a basic level, but I will admit that it left me feeling slightly bewildered and somehow as if I were floating. So to try and help myself get a grasp on what I read, I searched YouTube for an audio version of the text. I was presented with the "audio book" linked below.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8YYM_7KUpw


I may never trust again.

It was as if I had opened a window to the mind of a schizophrenic. I understand that the purpose of such a random jumbling of sounds and dialogue and music was purposefully assembled to re-create the feelings the text brings, but it did nothing to aid my understanding. If anything, it left me more confused than I had been before.

Perhaps a quick re-reading of the material will be of more use.