ART AS DISTANT EARLY WARNING

Marshall McLuhan, Dew Line Press

2026-07-19 · public memory · Quotation attributed to the named contributor(s). · era 0 · Incunabula

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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.

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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.

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Title	ART AS DISTANT EARLY WARNING
Date	2026-07-19
Edition	1/1
Contributions	Marshall McLuhan quoted_author Dew Line Press inscription
Facets	form: quotation · theme: imagination · theme: technology · theme: perception · register: waking-argument · era 0: incunabulaAssigned by the library, not claimed on stone. The inscription predates the vocabulary.
Rights	Quotation attributed to the named contributor(s).
Rights basis	quotation fair use
Provenance	Note on art, attention, and culture
Publication class	public memory
Market policy	never list
Transfer policy	stewardship
Lineage	independent
Content type	text/plain;charset=utf-8
Content length	174 bytes
Metadata digest (SHA-256)	`723e9df8a3b22472ecc607cca6a70711c5023e53c70923e4029a631981250da9`