“In an electric information environment, minority groups can no longer be contained—ignored. Too many people know too much about each other. Our new environment compels commitment and participation. We have become irrevocably involved with, and respon-sible for, each other.”
Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore
more infosource: The Medium is the Massage (New York: Touchstone, 1967), 24.
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category: community, participation, responsibility, technology
medium: Nonfiction
notes: Marshall McLuhan and graphic designer Quentin Fiore co-created this book and Jerome Agel “produced” it. More info about the publishing arrangement here
“It is the duty of society to take care of its individuals, plain and simple. We will never be healthier than our sickest member.”
David Rakoff
more infosource: “Another Shoe,” in Half Empty (New York: Doubleday, 2010), 221.
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category: duty, health care, responsibility, society
medium: essay
responsibility