The interiorization of the technology of the phonetic alphabet translates man from the magical world of the ear to the neutral visual world. (Marshall McLuhan)

The interiorization of the technology of the phonetic alphabet translates man from the magical world of the ear to the neutral visual world.

Marshall McLuhan

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