Comment 3- Mike's take on McLuhan's thoughts

i though it was very interesting how you expanded on Mcluhan's idea of media, including clothing being an extension of ourselves and your examples of how it has changed us over time were right on. Now clothing is commonly worn to show individuality, which Mcluhan reminds us was not part of tribal man's community. People dress to express themselves and often to feel good about themselves; therefore the clothing becomes an extension of their mind and self perception.I also would have a hard time abandoning the t.v. because of the impact it could potentially have on me, but i do feel that as being part of this digital age and growing up with different forms of media constantly flashing in front of us, we have developed a type a screening defense that disregards any any unwanted information, sort of like an internal spam. We take in what interests us and ignore much of the rest