In 1970, Marshall McLuhan stated that “World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation.” – #Culture is Our #Business, p. 66.
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Edited 31d ago
@paninid
went looking for a source found this
“World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation.” – Marshall McLuhan (1970), Culture is Our Business, p. 66.
pretty damn prescient.