A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

An idiot means a very private person, that's a Greek word, meaning a very private person. I'm losing my idiot status steadily, I'm becoming less and less private. I would much rather be an idiot.
“Do You Like TV?,” Sunday, CBC, March 19, 1967, transcript 02:46
Year: 1967
Compiled by William Kuhns
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