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Great quote, thanks. Never heard of him before, but definitely a man ahead of his time. Here's another cherry:

"it is a fact that excessive data do not enlighten the reader or the listener; they drown him. He cannot remember them all, or coordinate them, or understand them; if he does not want to risk losing his mind, he will merely draw a general picture from them. And the more facts supplied, the more simplistic the image"

- "Propoganda" (1965)




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