I agree that humor can make things easier to remember. If something is funny I’m definitely more likely to remember it. #beingmassaged

This reminds me of a lion in a world full of sheep. #outsider #bealion #beingmassaged

It’s crazy how different communication is now. I probably text people way more than I actually call them. #beingmassaged

#beingmassaged While slightly creepy, I do think it's true that technology has widened our family circle. It makes me think of the "parasocial" relationships people can have with their favorite celebrity. Despite never meeting these people, it is scarily easy to feel like you "know" them.

We have access to so much information now that sometimes it honestly feels like too much. #beingmassaged

I feel like our phones have basically become a part of us at this point. I don’t go anywhere without mine. #beingmassaged

McLuhan makes it seem like being an amateur is better than a professional. But I question is being an amateur actually better because of this untrained perspective, when there's still this possibility of said amateurism that prevents them from knowing they have this ability at all? #beingmassaged

The way this book is designed is so random but somehow it actually keeps me paying attention 😭 #beingmassaged

I definitely understand something better when I watch a video about it instead of just reading it. #beingmassaged

I never really thought of writing itself as technology until reading this. #beingmassaged

It’s weird thinking about how much technology affects us without us even realizing it. #beingmassaged

#beingmassaged I really love this paragraph! While I suppose I understood this implicitly, I found the explicit emphasis on survival to be super interesting. It makes me particularly think of scientific progress, like Copernicus going against the grain to show the sun was the center of the universe.

“There have just been so many of them lately” might be even more true today 😭 there’s literally something new happening every time I open my phone. #beingmassaged #currentevents

This feels way more relevant now with AI and technology changing so many jobs. Makes you wonder what work is gonna look like in the future. #beingmassaged #futureofwork

Crazy that privacy was already a concern when this was written. Now we basically put our whole lives online without even thinking about it. #beingmassaged #privacy

I was so confused why the book was called the massage at first but now I’m starting to get it 😭 #beingmassaged

Our toenails are an extension of our skin, eyes, and shoes 🦶 #beingmassaged

#beingmassaged I've just started reading and I'm already struck by how despite being written decades ago, the "profound feeling of despair" talked about when the advent of new technology appears is still relevant. I think a lot of people, for environmental or ethical reasons, feel this way about AI.

This makes me think about me and me and my friend talking about how different our lives have gotten since we met and different that world around us have evolved since we were little. #changes #beingmassaged

Make up a McLuhan quote that isn't in the book, but could be. If you do this, tell me exactly where would you put it in the book and why:
“WiFi is no longer connections, it act more like oxygen”. I’ll put the end of the book, cuz it’s our invisible environment that we don’t notice #beingmassaged