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Quotes from The argument: causality in the electric world — Marshall McLuhan

1911–1980 Canada

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Invention is the mother of all necessities.

The argument: causality in the electric world (1973)

Each of our senses makes its own space, but no sense can function in isolation. Only as sight relates the touch, or kinaesthesia, or sound, can the eye see.

The argument: causality in the electric world (1973)

Every innovation scraps its immediate predecessor and retrieves still older figures – it causes floods of antiques or nostalgic art forms and stimulates the search for museum pieces.

The argument: causality in the electric world (1973)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Marshall McLuhan (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.