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I may be wrong, but I'm never in doubt.
Marshall McLuhan
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Marshall McLuhan
Age: 69 †
Born: 1911
Born: July 21
Died: 1980
Died: December 31
Literary Critic
Philosopher
Sociologist
University Teacher
Writer
Edmonton
Alberta
Herbert Marshall McLuhan
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I am curious to know what would happen if art were suddenly seen for what it is, namely, exact information of how to rearrange one's psyche in order to anticipate the next blow from our own extended faculties.
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If we understand the revolutionary transformations caused by new media, we can anticipate and control them but if we continue in our self-induced subliminal trance, we will be their slaves.
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Those conspiracies that are too incredible to be believed, are by the same right, those which most often succeed.
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The young today cannot follow narrative but they are alert to drama. They cannot bear description but they love landscape and action.
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When people become too intense, too serious, they will have trouble in relating to any sort of social game or norm. Perhaps this is why jokes are so important. On one hand they tell us about where the problems and grievances are, and, at the same time, they provide the means of enduring these grievances by laughing at the problems.
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Current illusion is that science has abolished all natural laws.
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Any understanding of social and cultural change is impossible without a knowledge of the way media work as environments.
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Language is a form of organized stutter.
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