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If it works, it's obsolete.

— Marshall McLuhan

More from Marshall McLuhan

  1. I may be wrong, but I'm never in doubt.
  2. Rene Levesque looks like a distressed seminarian.
  3. All advertising advertises advertising.
  4. First Man made the hammer, then the hammer made the Man.
  5. People don't actually read newspapers. They step into them every morning like a hot bath.
  6. Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either
  7. We drive into the future using only our rearview mirror.
  8. Concepts are a provisional affair. (1951)

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  • technology
  • innovation
  • obsolescence
  • progress

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