Although meaningless in a tribal context, numbers and stati… - Marshall McLuhan

" "
Although meaningless in a tribal context, numbers and statistics assume mythic and magical qualities of infallibility in literate societies. (p. 114)

Marshall McLuhan

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Marshall McLuhan

Herbert Marshall McLuhan (21 July 1911 – 31 December 1980) was a Canadian philosopher, futurist, and communications theorist.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Native Name: Herbert Marshall McLuhan

Alternative Names: Marshall MacLuhan • Marshall Mac Luhan

All quotes from Marshall McLuhan Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Marshall McLuhan:

Neil Postman Northrop Frye William Gibson Friedrich Kittler J. G. Ballard

Additional quotes by Marshall McLuhan

People never remember but the computer never forgets. (p. 69)

We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.

Primitivism has become the vulgar cliche of much modern art and speculation. (p. 77)

Although meaningless in a tribal context, numbers and statistics assume mythic and magical qualities of infallibility in literate societies. (p. 114) - Marshall McLuhan

About Marshall McLuhan

Also Known As

Works in ChatGPT, Claude, or Any AI

Additional quotes by Marshall McLuhan