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The telephone: speech without walls. The phonograph: music hall without walls. The photograph: museum without walls. The electric light: space without walls The movie, radio, and TV: classroom without walls. Man the food-gatherer reappears incongruously as information-gatherer. In this role, electronic man is no less a nomad than his paleolithic ancestors.
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
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