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Quote by Marshall McLuhan
Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media

Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the communication. – Marshall McLuhan

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Everybody experiences far more than he understands. Yet it is experience, rather than understanding, that influences behavior. – Marshall McLuhan

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