SMC189H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cave Painting, Soft Skills, Cognitive Revolution
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Technology is the extension of the human faculties mcluhan. Externalizing thinking into a practical means (i. e. through writing) One of the only species that recognizes self. Religion, language, ability to communicate ideas in the abstract. Conceptualizing a past, present, future typical human skill. Expression of not just sounds but also ideas. To make symbolic reality beyond objective reality. Something to preserve the soul, the abstract thinking. Creativity = series of interactions with others. Not a single person, but a place.
