We remake the world through our technologies, and these in turn remake and extend us, in ever spiraling lattices of complexity. McLuhan uncannily foresaw the future, where electronic technology would shape and expand cultures and societies into a global membrane of communications.
B. W. POWEIt began in images and it ended in symbolism.
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If you make things sound inoffensively obvious, then it is likely that no one will listen.
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There is, it seems, an unbridgeable chasm between the concerns of a Sri Aurobindo and a Pat Robertson.
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The origin of corruption in politics is surely in the thought that you are the bearer of ultimate virtue.
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Here I find a puzzle of great beauty: Canada works well in practice, but just doesn’t work out in theory.
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It began in images and it ended in symbolism.
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May the ability to see many points view keep us gentle.
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A just society will appear less spectacular, and less clearly defined, than a society with totalitarian leadership, theocratic goals.
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No rebellious heart is ever at ease with paths established by others.
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The Trojan War without Homer was nothing more than a battle over trade routes.
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If our dreams can last, then we could turn our time and place to gold.
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We become slaves the moment we hand the keys to the definition of reality entirely over to someone else, whether it is a business, an economic theory, a political party, the White House, Newsworld or CNN.
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Followers of another political party tell us that we will strengthen ourselves by ignoring our history, our traditions, our mythologies, our culture and vision, and by following the American way.
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Each voice carries a portion of value, no matter how unpalatable or distasteful that voice may be: no one person, government, ideology, transnational, or religious institution can own and dominate the whole.
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Democracies should be a delirium of choices – more options, not fewer; more avenues to travel, not fewer.
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Electrical fire and the fire of greed kindle economies. In that flux, nations become digitized commodities on stock-exchange floors and on investors’ rating screens. A country becomes a product to be rated for its obedience to paying of deficits and debts.
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