[Archimedes observed: “Give me a place to stand and I could move the world.”] Today, looking out at our globally dilated senses, he would comment, “Well, I’ll be fulcrummed. Why, I can stand on your ear, on your eye, on your skin and move the world as I wish.”
“The Humanities in the Electronic Age” (1961), p 8
Year: 1961
Chapter:
Extension Theory
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan