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[After literacy] the whole man became fragmented man; the alphabet shattered the charmed circle and resonating magic of the tribal world, exploding man into an agglomeration of specialized and psychically impoverished “individuals," or units, functioning in a world of linear time and Euclidean space.
“Playboy Interview: Marshall McLuhan: A Candid Conversation with the High Priest of Popcult and Metaphysician of Media”. By Eric Norden. Playboy Magazine, March (1969), p 59 reprinted in Essential McLuhan (1995), p 241
Quote #3532
Year: 1969
Chapter: Literacy

Dewline Cards

These are the cards with aphorisms by McLuhan, the Dewline Deck of 1969, a clever deck of cards that McLuhan and his designer buddy Harley Parker made one of the "issues" of his multimedia newsletter, The Dewline.
These are the cards with aphorisms by McLuhan, the Dewline Deck of 1969, a clever deck of cards that McLuhan and his designer buddy Harley Parker made one of the "issues" of his multimedia newsletter, The Dewline.
These are the cards with aphorisms by McLuhan, the Dewline Deck of 1969, a clever deck of cards that McLuhan and his designer buddy Harley Parker made one of the "issues" of his multimedia newsletter, The Dewline.
These are the cards with aphorisms by McLuhan, the Dewline Deck of 1969, a clever deck of cards that McLuhan and his designer buddy Harley Parker made one of the "issues" of his multimedia newsletter, The Dewline.
These are the cards with aphorisms by McLuhan, the Dewline Deck of 1969, a clever deck of cards that McLuhan and his designer buddy Harley Parker made one of the "issues" of his multimedia newsletter, The Dewline.
These are the cards with aphorisms by McLuhan, the Dewline Deck of 1969, a clever deck of cards that McLuhan and his designer buddy Harley Parker made one of the "issues" of his multimedia newsletter, The Dewline.
These are the cards with aphorisms by McLuhan, the Dewline Deck of 1969, a clever deck of cards that McLuhan and his designer buddy Harley Parker made one of the "issues" of his multimedia newsletter, The Dewline.
These are the cards with aphorisms by McLuhan, the Dewline Deck of 1969, a clever deck of cards that McLuhan and his designer buddy Harley Parker made one of the "issues" of his multimedia newsletter, The Dewline.
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