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 (1911-1980) Canadian philosopher, communication theorist, educator
Quoted in Richard Schickel, “Marshall McLuhan: Canada’s Intellectual Comet,” Harper’s Magazine (1965-11)
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Based on "conversations" Schickel had with McLuhan.

Often cited to McLuhan's breakout work Understanding Media (1964) (e.g., here and here), but not found there.

 
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