Quote by Marshall McLuhan
The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal

The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium – that is, of any extension of ourselves – result from the new scale that is introduced into our affairs by each extension of ourselves, or by any new technology. – Marshall McLuhan

Other quotes by Marshall McLuhan

The business of the advertiser is to see that we go about our business with some magic spell or tune or slogan throbbing quietly in the background of our minds. – Marshall McLuhan

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Business
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A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion. – Marshall McLuhan

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Society
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Other Quotes from
Technology
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The technology is just so far gone. Its just like back in the day you needed a suitcase just to have a cell phone. The battery was so heavy, it was like carrying a gallon of soda around with you all day. – Jam Master Jay

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Technology

I honestly believe that the next big leap in immersive technology will be very much like Brainstorm. – Douglas Trumbull

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Technology

I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what Ive invented. – R. Buckminster Fuller

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Technology

My intention was to enroll at McGill University but an unexpected series of events led me to study physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. – Sidney Altman

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Technology

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So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the right to try to eliminate those means by which man tries to cleanse himself of despair. – Antonin Artaud

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Despair

I suppose I will die never knowing what pumpkin pie tastes like when you have room for it. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. – Isaac Asimov

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Violence

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. – Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

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Broken Hearts