He wants us to stop thinking in parts because he wants us to break our regular habits and notice the unusual and what it is doing to us. #hwa2 #thinkinginparts

first time i saw the inverted text, i questioned why it was backwards, and then disregarded it and tested myself by reading the backward words. #hwa2 #triedtoreaditbackwards

Just wanted to give my initial thoughts defining "media" before I watch the rest of HWA2. My understanding as of now is that it is the sum/collective of all sources of transmitted information to the general public, with there being some divisions/types as well. #hwa2

the expert reinforces the environment while the amateur notices when the environment is strange and questions it. amateurs are aware they are being massaged and have nothing to lose by going against it, creating the anti-environment #hwa2 #amateurvsexpert

#hwa2 #amateurvsexpert cont'd, because I like to be open minded, perceptive, and constantly experience new things. living in comfort can get dull, making you not notice things you once did

#hwa2 #amateurvsexpert amateurs have their novelty, their unsureness, their questioning ability to bring to the world that experts are already sure of. They can afford to lose the argument, so they keep experimenting. They know the medium is massaging them and massage back. I'd rather be an amateur

McLuhan flips John Dewey's quote not to dismiss him, but to show that humans are so used to the norm and need to experience a new form or think outside of the box. #hwa2 #flippingdewey

#hwa2 #antienvironmental media environments are the systems we live inside without noticing; their wholeness is what makes them invisible to us. Anti-environments are made to shake up the system, pierce so we can question.
Who taught me to see this way?
What isn't being shown, and why?

an anti-environment will disrupt the media environment and create amateurs who start questioning how they learned things or why they are experiencing a new norm. #hwa2 #antienvironmental

You mentioned Melvin Dewey and John Dewey. They are important because Melvin thinks that humans are data points and John sees humans as other than that. John seems to have a more expressive way of thinking and want to learn more instead of keeping a closed mind. #hwa2 #thetwodeweys

#hwa2 #normalmedium spotify, especially the "daylist" feature, or the mixes. sometimes i search up ___ mix because im too lazy to think of actual songs . an anti-environment would be to add songs myself, maybe leading me to find old songs i love and change up the mood and escape spotify's presets

#hwa2 #thewater he's not asking what fish are in the water, he's asking you to notice the environment around you, what makes up this water you're swimming in, the terrain, the coral, etc, and how it makes you feel

tiktok is very normal to me, that sometimes i don't process why i unintentionally open the app. its a habit to open tiktok for a few minutes in the midst of being busy. i would create a passcode to open it, so i can establish im opening it before failing to realize i did it #hwa2 #normalmedium

#hwa2 #forrealthough this slide was went through pretty fast so i had to pause it to think about it. perception becoming habit was something that confuses me, but maybe that's because im a stubborn person with strong opinions so it

to notice the water you're swimming in means to understand the influence that the media is having on you. don't judge the content, judge your reaction to the content and how you are letting it control you. #hwa2 #thewater

YESSS its so bad I go to look at a specific video I saved or a dm and then I see one relatable video and then I start to doom scroll and I'm like why did I come on here in the first place?? #hwa2 #mediafunhouse

the medium is the massage and not message was the perfect typo tbh. because social media really does massage its way into our brains, that it becomes a habit #hwa2 #forrealthough