A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Spengler and Hitler and many more of the would-be “irrationalists” of our century are like singing-telegram delivery boys, who are quite innocent of any understanding of the medium that prompts the song they sing.
Understanding Media (1964), MIT/Routledge edition, pp 112-113
Year: 1964
Chapter: Media Effects
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