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In the Land of the Blind

Published by ideonexus

Subject

One Who Can See in the Country of the Blind

"Why did you not come when I called you?" said the blind man. "Must you be led like a child? Cannot you hear the path as you walk?" Nunez laughed. "I can see it," he said. "There is no such word as see," said the blind man, after a pause. "Cease this folly and follow the sound of my feet." Nunez followed, a little annoyed. "My time will come," he said. "You'll learn," the blind man answered. "There is much to learn…
Emphasis

Object

King of Diamonds

In the World of the Blind / the one-eyed man is an hallucinated idiot

Why they relate

HG Wells and Marshall McLuhan have the same insight about the one-eyed man in the country of the blind: that he is a crazy person.