Marshall McLuhan
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McLuhan was a Canadian philosopher and English professor called the father of media studies.
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7 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 21 Jul 1911, Edmonton, Alberta; raised in Winnipeg (opens wiqqi.app)
- Died: 31 Dec 1980, in his sleep, after a stroke in September 1979 (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: BA (1933) and MA in English (1934), University of Manitoba; Cambridge (Trinity Hall), PhD with a dissertation on Thomas Nashe and the verbal arts (opens wiqqi.app)
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Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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8 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The medium is the message (opens korrents.com)
“In a culture like ours, long accustomed to splitting and dividing all things as a means of control, it is sometimes a bit of a shock to be reminded that, in operational and practical fact, the medium is the message.”
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The artist is whoever grasps the implications of new knowledge in their own time (opens korrents.com)
“The artist is the man in any field, scientific or humanistic, who grasps the implications of his actions and of new knowledge in his own time.”
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Games are popular art, a collective reaction to a culture's main drive (opens korrents.com)
“Games are popular art, collective, social reactions to the main drive or action of any culture.”
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The medium is the message (opens korrents.com)