Invention is the mother of all necessities. - Marshall McLuhan

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Invention is the mother of all necessities.

Marshall McLuhan

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About Marshall McLuhan

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

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Native Name: Herbert Marshall McLuhan

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Only puny secrets need protection. Big discoveries are protected by public incredulity.

That outering or uttering of sense which is language and speech is a tool which “made it possible for man to accumulate experience and knowledge in a form that made easy transmission and maximum use possible.

Gutenberg made all history available as classified data: the transportable book brought the world of the dead into the space of the gentlemen's library; the telegraph brought the entire world of the living to the workman's breakfast table. (p. 15)