For over against the convenience of instantaneous communication is the fact that the great economical abstractions of writing, reading, and drawing, the media of reflective thought and deliberate action, will be weakened.

Lewis Mumford

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Topic

Communication Technological progress Medium is the message

Author

Lewis Mumford

Source

Technics and Civilization

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Historins Philosopher Writer

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United States

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Citation

Mumford, Lewis. Technics and Civilization. Harcourt, Brace and Company/Routledge, 1934, ch. 5, sect. 7.

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