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"We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us."

― Marshall McLuhan

Shape Tool Work Creativity

From Marshall McLuhan

Sociologist

Added on 1/31/2026

About Marshall McLuhan

Born: 1911-07-21

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