A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

The Sputnik event was another thing altogether which simply obsolesced the planet itself as nature disappeared into an art form.
The End of Work Ethic, 1972, in Understanding Me (2003), p 200
Quote #3377
Year: 1972
Chapter: LOM 2 - Obsolesce
Compiled by William Kuhns
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