Invention is the mother of necessities, old and new.

A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

“The Argument: Causality in the Electric World”, in Technology and Culture, Vol.14, No. 1, January (1973), p 2, reprinted in McLuhan Unbound # 3, (2005),p 7

Quote #2038

Year: 1973

Chapters: Environment | McLuhanisms & Zingers

↪ Also at #4184