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Marshall McLuhan Quotes: We look at the present through a rear view mirror. We march backwards into the future.
         

We look at the present through a rear view mirror. We march backwards into the future.


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The computer is the most extraordinary of man's technological clothing; it's an extension of our central nervous system. Beside it, the wheel is a mere hula-hoop.

The computer is the most extraordinary of man's technological clothing; it's an extension of our central nervous system. Beside it, the wheel is a mere hula-hoop.



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In an age of multiple and massive innovations, obsolescence becomes the major obsession.



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 so much more powerful than he could ever be.

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