…data banks know more about individual people than the people do… — From Cliché to Archetype with Wilfred Watson (1970), p 13 | The MMM

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…data banks know more about individual people than the people do themselves.

From Cliché to Archetype with Wilfred Watson (1970), p 13

Quote #4286

Year: 1970

Chapters: McLuhan on McLuhan | McLuhanisms & Zingers

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