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

Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America – not on the battlefields of Vietnam. – Marshall McLuhan

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War
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Today the tyrant rules not by club or fist, but, disguised as a market researcher, he shepherds his flocks in the ways of utility and comfort. – Marshall McLuhan

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Shopping
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I think people have a vague sense that the television system is changing. – Michael K. Powell

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Technology

Computer technology is so built into our lives that its part of the surround of every artist. – Steven Levy

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Technology

The world changes materially. Science makes advances in technology and understanding. But the world of humanity doesnt change. – Pierre Schaeffer

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Technology

I think every student needs access to technology, and I think technology can be a hugely important vehicle to help level the playing field. – Arne Duncan

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Technology

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Its been very hard, after being mostly a mom, to develop an adult life of my own. And not being married anymore, I have to come up with challenges. – Danielle Steel

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Italy even in the future will not need aid from the European Financial Stability Fund. – Mario Monti

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Future

There is no doubt that America remains the premier political, economic, military power in the world, and I both expect and count on it remaining so, because I think thats certainly in our best interest but also the best interests of the world. – Hillary Clinton

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best

The failure of Socialism since 1945 is that whilst encouraging us all, the creators of wealth, to produce less through strikes, it has caused us all to demand a higher level of our own product. – Brian Harris

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