Portable Wisdom

Author: Marshall McLuhan

Brief Info: Canadian philosopher

Years Lived: 1911-1980

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To distract the watchdog of the mind

Our conventional response to all media, namely that it is how they are used that counts, is the numb stance of the technological idiot. For the ‘content’ of a medium is like the juicy piece of meat carried by the burglar to distract the watchdog of the mind.

From the book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man

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