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The spoken word was the first technology by which man was able to let go of his environment in order to grasp it in a new way.
-Marshall McLuhan
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The Spoken Word Was The First Technology

Marshall McLuhan
The spoken word was the first technology by which man was able to let go of his environment in order to grasp it in a new way.
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