When the pressure of living in a world of data creates the need … — The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 87

A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

When the pressure of living in a world of data creates the need for integral awareness, overload leads to pattern recognition. You can only specialize just so much, then you have to go integral again.

The Museum as Large-Room Pinball Machine, Marshall McLuhan, Harley Parker, and Museum Professionals, 1967, full transcript of a seminar at the City Museum of New York, October, 1967, edited by William Buxton, published by U. of Alberta Press, 2026, p 87

Quote #6494

Year: 1967

Chapters: Specialism | Computer | Information Overload | Pattern Recognition

↪ Also at #5311, #2972, #1302