The expressway becomes a parking lot, simply by putting a faster spin on the hardware of the motor car than it can accommodate. The satellite environment of the planet has put a new spin on the earth, transforming our vision of it. The satellites "scrapped" Nature, turning the planet into an art form as decisively as TV turned the movie into an art form.
Letter to C.A. Doxiades, Dec. 17, 1969, in Letters of Marshall McLuhan (1987), p 392
Year: 1969
Compiled by William Kuhns
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© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan