A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

But technology is an abstract tyrant that carries its ravages into deeper recesses of the psyche than did the sabretooth tiger or the grizzly bear.
The Mechanical Bride (1951), p 35
Quote #7021
Year: 1951
Chapters: He’s Doubtful | McLuhanisms & Zingers | Technology | Tools We Shape, Reshape Us
↪ Also at #2649, #4091, #6684
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