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The spoken word was the first technology by which man was able to

The spoken word was the first technology by which man was able to let go of his environment in order to grasp it in a new way. – Marshall McLuhan

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Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesnt know the first thing about either. – Marshall McLuhan

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What is needed now is a transformation of the major systems of production more profound than even the sweeping post-World War II changes in production technology. – Barry Commoner

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Every time somebody tries to go in and reinvent what we do, it always ends up being more about technology and sets, and flash and dash, forgetting the main thing, which is interesting people saying interesting, important things. – Diane Sawyer

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Technology has to be invented or adopted. – Jared Diamond

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You cannot make thousands of universities or hundreds of thousands of professors, but with technology and the Internet you can have great courses and make a digital university. – Carlos Slim

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