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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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Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be. – Marshall McLuhan

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Politics
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Marshall McLuhan
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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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Some people are really drawn to technology and I liken them to artists. – Mitchell Baker

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There is no single development, in either technology or management technique, which by itself promises even one order-of-magnitude improvement within a decade in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity. – Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

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Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards. – Aldous Huxley

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Stone Age. Bronze Age. Iron Age. We define entire epics of humanity by the technology they use. – Reed Hastings

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In the future, my communications with the public and with the markets will be entirely through regular and formal channels. – Ben Bernanke

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