A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

This strange gap between the specialist, visual world and the integral, auditory world needs to be better understood today above all, for it contains the key to an understanding of what automation and cybernetics imply. 
“Cybernation and Culture” (1966), pp 97-98 
Quote #1239
Year: 1966
Chapters: Advice | Balance | Between Two Ages | Computer | Mastering Technology | Problem Solving | Specialism
↪ Also at #143, #599, #616, #3698, #5800, #6477
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