That is, affluence breeds poverty (not physical hardship) and le… — “The Argument: Causality in the Electric World”, in Technology and Culture, Vol.14, No. 1, January (1973), p 11, reprinted in McLuhan Unbound # 3, (2005), p 19-20

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That is, affluence breeds poverty (not physical hardship) and learning causes ignorance (not less information), just as matter creates. Such complementarity of figure-ground appears as a causal relation in all "prepackaged" processes. Complementarity is the process whereby effects become causes.

“The Argument: Causality in the Electric World”, in Technology and Culture, Vol.14, No. 1, January (1973), p 11, reprinted in McLuhan Unbound # 3, (2005), p 19-20

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Year: 1973

Chapter: Book