New Explorations Weblog is proud to be the home of these special serialized features of posts and articles:
McLuhan’s Mileau
This series will link to full, archived copies of literary articles cited by Marshall McLuhan in his published and unpublished work, as well as articles which illuminate art criticism and historical commentary of the modernist age.
The Future of Elections in The Age of AI
Nolan Murell Fordham University nmurrell1@fordham.edu Introduction Artificial intelligence will likely be considered the greatest creation…
Let’s Pretend
William Kuhns Let’s pretend we have a leader Let’s pretend he’s not a fool Let’s…
CAN AI REINVENT COMMUNICATION?
A Marshall McLuhan Odyssey and Probe William Kuhns https://www.williamkuhns.ca kuhns.bill@gmail.com “The intelligence of the universe…
Images and Humanity: A Phenomenological Investigation of Essences
Valerie V. Peterson petersov@gvsu.edu Introduction Vision opens the door to human image-making and symbol-use.…
Skylar Blinn
Professor Paul Levinson Communication Ethics and the Public Sphere Fordham University May 8, 2025 sblinn@fordham.edu…
Remembered
This series catalogues fond reminiscences of Marshall McLuhan by friends and colleagues.
The Future of Elections in The Age of AI
Nolan Murell Fordham University nmurrell1@fordham.edu Introduction Artificial intelligence will likely be considered the greatest creation of the 21st century, and with all great creations come questions of negative and positive effects. Artificial intelligence can be utilized for everything from writing…
Let’s Pretend
William Kuhns Let’s pretend we have a leader Let’s pretend he’s not a fool Let’s pretend his declarations Aren’t a verbal form of drool Let’s pretend his self-absorption Somehow does include us all Let’s pretend his wild lurches Won’t leave…
CAN AI REINVENT COMMUNICATION?
A Marshall McLuhan Odyssey and Probe William Kuhns https://www.williamkuhns.ca kuhns.bill@gmail.com “The intelligence of the universe is social.” Marcus Aurelius “The machine’s danger to society is not from the machine itself but from what man makes of it.” Norbert…
Images and Humanity: A Phenomenological Investigation of Essences
Valerie V. Peterson petersov@gvsu.edu Introduction Vision opens the door to human image-making and symbol-use. We share the sense of sight with other animals, but it is, for us, more than a survival-enhancing function of the eye and brain. The…
Skylar Blinn
Professor Paul Levinson Communication Ethics and the Public Sphere Fordham University May 8, 2025 sblinn@fordham.edu Pistols and Paperwork: The Politics of the UnitedHealthcare CEO Assassination Intro Early in the morning of December 4, 2024, a man was shot dead in…