A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

"Jobs" represent a relatively recent pattern of work. From the fifteenth century to the twentieth century, there is a steady progress of fragmentation of the stages of work that constitute "mechanization" and "specialism." These procedures cannot serve for survival or sanity in this new time.
The Medium Is the Massage (1967), p. 20
Year: 1967
↪ Also at #628, #2324, #3133, #3137, #6479
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