
Marshall McLuhan discusses a wide range of philosophical topics
Studs Terkel Archive Podcast
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The History of Automation
From the beginning of Neolithic or specialist history, man, the planter, the specialist, this tended to happen that progress in technology tended to be the application of new power to old tools. I think with the coming of the electric circuit, this changed. It was not an old tool merely being given a new treatment. The electric circuit was a real new invention, the first real new invention since the wheel in human history. Pardon me, could we hold the questions after we finish this sort of conversation? Because that's an interesting question,. We're brought to you by Professor McLoon from Kendall College.
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