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马歇尔·麦克卢汉的未来并未发生。但网络的确成为了现实;整个地球为电视所覆盖;媒体和信息无孔不入。但电子时代并没有像麦克卢汉1962年所预言的那样,会终结印刷文字。他所想象的由后印刷技术拼凑而成的新的精神宇宙,现在看来已经过时。如果说它在三十年前曾激发了人们的想象力,那么它并未给我们即将跨入的又一个千僖年提供合适的导图。“谷登堡星座”依然朗朗发光。图书,依然具有异乎寻常的持久力。自手抄本在公元三四世纪发明以来,证明它是一项了不起的佳构——适宜负载信息、便于翻阅、卷迭自如、易于保存、免予损坏。它无须升级和下载、无须存取和引导,无须接通电
The future of Marshall McLuhan did not happen. But the Internet does become a reality; the entire planet is covered by television; media and information are pervasive. But the electronic age did not end as typified by what McLuhan predicted in 1962. The new spiritual universe he imagined by patchwork of post-printing technology now appears to be outdated. If it had inspired people’s imagination more than three decades ago, it did not give us the right map for another millennium that we are about to enter. “Gutenberg constellation ” is still bright and shiny. Books, still have extraordinary endurance. Since the invention of the manuscript in the third and fourth centuries AD, it has proved itself to be a remarkable piece of furniture - suitable for loading information, easy to read, easy to roll, easy to store and free of damage. It does not need to upgrade and download, without access and guidance, without having to turn on the electricity