A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

It is one of the ironies of the electronic age that the businessman must become alert and highly trained in the world of the arts. It is one of the mysteries of cybernation that it is forever challenged by the need to simulate consciousness.”
“Cybernetics and Human Culture,” (1964), in Understanding Me (2003), p 49
Year: 1964
Chapters: Art, Artists | Management
↪ Also at #488, #3650, #3651
Compiled by William Kuhns
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