A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Now if China follows the same course - and it appears to be about to do that - then the transformation of the Chinese world will be very rapid twenty years. They would flip out of their culture, wipe off their whole ancient culture in twenty years and become incredibly aggressive and specialized and goal-oriented, because the specialist man always has a goal.
“Living at the Speed of Light”, Speech. U of So Fla. (1974), reprinted in Understanding Me, 2003, p 236
Year: 1974
Chapter: China, Chinese
Compiled by William Kuhns
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