Bateson as cited in: David Lipset (1982) Gregory Bateson: the legacy of a scientist. p. 143
“Manuscript culture is conversational if only because the writer and his audience are physically related by the form of publication as performance.”
Source: 1960s, The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962), p. 96
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Source: 1960s, The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962), p. 170
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Source: The Consolations of Philosophy (2000), Chapter I, Consolations For Unpopularity, p. 16.