As someone who spent decades in newsrooms, public affairs roles, providing media commentary and serving as chief of staff to the late Boone Pickens, I’ve come to appreciate how prescient Marshall McLuhan truly was.Thanks for reading Jay’s Substack!
Your point on AI challenging human creativity hit me hard. Where will the new melodies in music come from, the new genre in film, or the next big paradigm shift in exercise be hatched. Too much “revolutions” now in all these things and not enough true “creation”…maybe that is a reason why we should leverage AI and not run from it. After all, some smart dude (Marcus Aerelius?) says the impediment to action advances action…!
Your point on AI challenging human creativity hit me hard. Where will the new melodies in music come from, the new genre in film, or the next big paradigm shift in exercise be hatched. Too much “revolutions” now in all these things and not enough true “creation”…maybe that is a reason why we should leverage AI and not run from it. After all, some smart dude (Marcus Aerelius?) says the impediment to action advances action…!
This is your best Substack article yet, Jay.
I totally agree with your analysis & conclusions.
Cheers!
(...and keep it up!!)
So grateful to you for reading and weighing in on several of them. Civil discourse at its best!
Great piece, Jay. Media literacy and critical thinking skills are more important than ever…especially for the next generation.