A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Most human attention is allocated to the 90% area which is the area of problems. The 10% area is the area of irritation and also of opportunity. It was the genius of Harold Innis that he refused to be distracted by the 90% area of problems.
Introduction to Innis’s The Bias of Communication, 1964 [locate page]
Year: 1964
↪ Also at #3029, #4262, #5808
Notes: Missing page #
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