The Trivium (words) – Grammar + Rhetoric + Dialectics – is the  traditional basis for education in the (alphabetic) West Sphere.  It originated in Greece/Rome, was discussed by St. Augustine, and became a well-organized "curriculum" under Charlemagne and his companion  Alcuin in the 8th-century.  Along with the Quadrivium (numbers) – Arithmetic + Geometry + Astronomy + Music – it formed the basis of the Seven Liberal Arts.  These arts were treated as an integral process, with each informing the others, often represented as a circle of knowledge.  Marshall McLuhan (see Influences) wrote his 1943 Cambridge University PhD dissertation on "The Classical Trivium" (see Key Texts). "Modern" education, such as that promoted by John Dewey &al, fragmented education into "proficiencies" and "specialities" leading to today's dis-integrated educational landscape.  The paradigm-shift from Electric/Televison to Digital opens up the opportunity to recover the Trivium and apply it to our future lives. Under Digital conditions, human sensibility is being reshaped and, once again, the Trivium can provide the structure informing our behaviors and attitudes.