A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Our entire mode of thought is based on equilibrium: "Things will return to normal," we think. But equilibrium is a principle inherited from Newton. No balance is possible at the speed of light, in economics, physics, in the Church, or wherever… 
“Keys to the Electronic Revolution: First Conversation with Pierre Babin” (1977), in The Medium and the Light, (1999), p 46 
Quote #285
Year: 1977
Chapters: Anticipating Change | Balance | Change
↪ Also at #355, #600, #953
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