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We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.
We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.
Approximate author period: c. 1945 AD · modern
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- Marshall McLuhan
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- Approximate author period: c. 1945 AD · modern
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