“The sculptural qualities of the image dim down the purely personal identity.”

— Marshall McLuhan

Source: 1990s and beyond, The Book of Probes : Marshall McLuhan (2011), p. 369

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Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor … 1911–1980

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