Quote by Marshall McLuhan
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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Appetite is essentially insatiable, and where it operates as a criterion of both action and enjoyment (that is, everywhere in the Western world since the sixteenth century) it will infallibly discover congenial agencies (mechanical and political) of expression. – Marshall McLuhan

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In this electronic age we see ourselves being translated more and more into the form of information, moving toward the technological extension of consciousness. – Marshall McLuhan

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The Linux philosophy is Laugh in the face of danger. Oops. Wrong One. Do it yourself. Yes, thats it. – Linus Torvalds

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I dont know technology and engineering. I dont know accounting. – Bernard Ebbers

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Congress will pass a law restricting public comment on the Internet to individuals who have spent a minimum of one hour actually accomplishing a specific task while on line. – Andy Grove

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It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. – Albert Einstein

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