to demonstrate how i used to teach this section of #TMITM irl at murray hall, which i talk about (:

students used to arrive to me in a handstand, silent, everything turned upside down in the classroom ('cept tech stuff), and a pile of whiteboard markers in the center of the room

and! lol, yes, the irony’s the point. #TMITM is a book that turns against book-ness. it’s trying to unsee itself as a book, so it can ask: what did this medium do to us, too? (not saying i agree with his ideas, but it is foundational work in media studies.)

i think i've learned a lot from reading this and it has opened my mind to things i didn't think about. #TMITM

i like how this reading isn't boring like theres images and the way its written keeps you hooked. #TMITM

"I don't like current events" honestly this is how i feel nowadays. #TMITM

the way some of these words are written are not even fully words. #TMITM

theres this one page where its written backwards and i am trying to read it but its confusing. #TMITM

i wish i can read latin :) (im assuming this is latin right) #TMITM

this reading is really unique like one of a kind especially the way it is written w the patterns and images. #TMITM

lowkey i just realized this story was ahead of that time. #TMITM

bruh this reading has so many relatable things written like i like it so far. #TMITM

"the book is an extension of the eye..." I am lowkey confused on what does this mean like?? #TMITM

a large group of people are gathered in a large office ALT: a large group of people are gathered in a large office

i keep scrolling even though the book is about why i keep scrolling, my attention is currency, and how i spent it needs to be intentional: i saw this reel a bit ago talking about how we only have $86,400 per day and how we spend it (seconds in the day) #TMITM #moneyequalstime

i honestly don't know what to think of myself or anybody else after reading this super eerie book because ofh ow he suggests that "attention has been taken" (away from us) #TMITM #attentionisthenewcurrency

im not even going to try to read this, but interesting to see what's going on here, reminds me of using a mirror to read it, maybe suggesting we need to reflect before understanding what he's talking about #TMITM #reflection

#TMITM Yep, existential dread is present. The faces being numbered just really nails how, at times, we feel like a statistic or copy of something I'm not, rather than being my own person. The quote here makes me assume that we intuitively know we are the us from yesterday, but who's to say we-

The word choice here to say "man lived in acoustic space" is just so interesting, kind of reminded me of the moon landing, "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" because of the greater implications of referring to soceity as "man" #TMITM #ismansociety

i feel like the eerieness of this book was so intentional because the image choice of having what looks like a WWII picture connected with the modern world HAS to be intentional to prompt me to think that moving forwards will always have a relation to the past #TMITM #pastequalsfuture

this picture is lowkey disturbing like why do I see so many noses? #TMITM

i dont even know whats going on here, but it reminded me of the jester example from the hanging w ashley and im just like this has to be a set up #TMITM #setup

this feels like im reading but insta reels edition bcz insta shows pics and texts and that's the vibe i am getting. #TMITM

#TMITM "to force the new media to do the work of the old" was hard for me to interpret. But if I am reading it right, I think it's saying that we can't have new media try to accommodate or follow the ways of the past, because it technically means we're not advancing in any way. It's like saying we-

a close up of a stuffed monkey with the words uh oh on it ALT: a close up of a stuffed monkey with the words uh oh on it

a notification popped up on my screen, and it feels like the book is proving its own point #TMITM #pointproven

reading this is distracting me some certain way bcz theres so many images and short texts. #TMITM

a cartoon drawing of spongebob wearing a hat and tie with his mouth open ALT: a cartoon drawing of spongebob wearing a hat and tie with his mouth open

Extensions of the eye, skin, and the nervous system. at what point does this become replacement? #TMITM #whatisgoingon

"They leave no part of us untouched" silence was LOUD, i coudn't think of a counterexample #TMITM #loudsilence

#TMITM The more I read from the book, the more existential dread I begin to feel creep in my head. Like, the way it explains media has shaped us and our societies, how certain things we were used to before may no longer apply to the new age is alarming and discouraging, and yet it's also-

I read this as "the message" and realized it said "massage". #TMITM

I love quotes and this quote is my new fav bcz I do believe media shapes us in some certain way. #TMITM

#TMITM Page 72 seems to be describing older cities as relics of the past... Is that to say how, because advances in technology has made information to flow between people and places better, that we no longer need to live close to each other? I think I get it because the ease at which we can-