A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Each new technology creates an environment that is itself regarded as corrupt and degrading yet the new one turns its predecessor into an art form.
“Introduction to the Second Edition”, in Understanding Media Second Edition (1966), p ix
Quote #2091
Year: 1966
Chapters: Environment | Media as Form
↪ Also at #4508
Compiled by William Kuhns
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