Take Today ; the Executive as Dropout [by] Marshall McLuhan and Barrington Nevitt

Contents: 1. Postures and impostures of managers past -- 2. Tribal community to magnetic city: irresponsible force by-passes immovable object -- 3. Households to world shopping centers: the real McCoy and geniune fakes -- The etherealization of "Hardware" by "Software": from wired connections to resonant interfaces -- 5. The quantum leap from science to art -- 6. Old wars and new overkill -- 7. Tribal chiefs and conglomerate emperors -- 8. The crisis of identity -- 9. Everyman as dropout and drop-in.