The meaning of experience is typically one generation behind the experience. The content of new situations, both private and corporate, is typically the preceding situation. (Marshall McLuhan)

The meaning of experience is typically one generation behind the experience. The content of new situations, both private and corporate, is typically the preceding situation.

Marshall McLuhan

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