“Attention spans get very weak at the speed of light, and that goes along with a very weak identity.”

— Marshall McLuhan

1970s, The Education of Mike McManus, TVOntario, December 28 1977

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

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