A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

“Today the child, swamped by information overload, desperately needs to be taught the means of pattern-recognition for the sake of psychic survival. Pattern-recognition is the role of the researcher and the explorer. Today's young children could recover high motivation in the learning process only if permitted to tackle their environment on a discovery basis.
From Cliché to Archetype with Wilfred Watson, 1970, p 201
Year: 1970
↪ Also at #2987
Compiled by William Kuhns
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