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The Cocoon: McLuhan, Samuel Butler, and the 2026 AI infrastructure buildout (opens in new tab)

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McLuhan in 1964 said machines extend humans and remake the humans who use them, set against Samuel Butler's 1863 letter arguing the machines would outlive their makers.

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