In the Phaedrus, Plato argued that the new arrival of writing would revolutionize culture for the worst. He suggested that it would substitute reminiscence for thought and mechanical learning for the true dialect of the living quest for truth by…

Quote by Marshall McLuhan

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Good wine needs no bush, and perhaps products that people really want need no hard-sell...

Good wine needs no bush, and perhaps products that people really want need no hard-sell...

Acoustic space has the basic character of a sphere whose focus or centre is simultaneously...

Acoustic space has the basic character of a sphere whose focus or centre is simultaneously...

Today the tyrant rules not by club or fist, but disguised as a market researcher,...

Today the tyrant rules not by club or fist, but disguised as a market researcher,...

The suddenness of the leap from hardware to software cannot but produce a period of...

The suddenness of the leap from hardware to software cannot but produce a period of...

American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting...

American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting...

If the work of the city is the remaking or translating of man into a...

If the work of the city is the remaking or translating of man into a...

Class in society is determined by voice

Class in society is determined by voice

The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban...

The car has become the carapace, the protective and aggressive shell, of urban and suburban...

Commercial jazz, soap opera, pulp fiction, comic strips, the movies set the images, mannerisms, standards,...

Commercial jazz, soap opera, pulp fiction, comic strips, the movies set the images, mannerisms, standards,...

I don't have them down here asking me what my urban agenda is. I don't...

I don't have them down here asking me what my urban agenda is. I don't...

The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life.

The neighborhood stores are an important part of a city child's life.

Everyone's looking to the urban scene for inspiration now.

Everyone's looking to the urban scene for inspiration now.

Living in cities is an art, and we need the vocabulary of art, of style,...

Living in cities is an art, and we need the vocabulary of art, of style,...

The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or...

The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or...

How does he support Clinton's urban agenda? He doesn't know what it is.

How does he support Clinton's urban agenda? He doesn't know what it is.

I don't know if it matters what country you're from, size of the city you're...

I don't know if it matters what country you're from, size of the city you're...

After Land I wanted to continue exploring the theme but I needed a new challenge...

After Land I wanted to continue exploring the theme but I needed a new challenge...

Everyones looking to the urban scene for inspiration now.

Everyones looking to the urban scene for inspiration now.

However, don't let these statistics mislead you, gang violence is not limited to California and...

However, don't let these statistics mislead you, gang violence is not limited to California and...

Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may...

Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may...