“Industrialism implies technology and the cutting of time into precise fragments suited to the needs of the engineer and the accountant.”

—  Harold Innis

Industrialism and Cultural Values p. 140.
The Bias of Communication (1951)

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Canadian professor of political economy 1894–1952

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