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Marshall McLuhan

I think of art, at its most significant, as a DEW line, a Distant Early Warning system that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it.

Marshall McLuhan

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Marshall McLuhan suggests that art serves as an early signal, alerting society to changes and challenges before they become obvious. It acts like a protective radar, helping the existing culture recognize new developments that might affect its future.

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