A special property of all social extensions of the body is that … — The Agenbite of Outwit”, In Location Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, (1963), reprinted in Marshall McLuhan Essays Media Research: Technology Art Communication, (1997), p 121

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A special property of all social extensions of the body is that they return to plague the inventors in a kind of agenbite of outwit.

The Agenbite of Outwit”, In Location Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, (1963), reprinted in Marshall McLuhan Essays Media Research: Technology Art Communication, (1997), p 121

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Year: 1963

Chapter: Tools We Shape, Reshape Us