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We remake the world through our technologies, and these in turn remake and extend us, in ever spiraling lattices of complexity. McLuhan uncannily foresaw the future, where electronic technology would shape and expand cultures and societies into a global membrane of communications.

B. W. Powe

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B. W. Powe
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 1
Philosopher
Poet
Ottawa (Ontario)
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