A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

At electric speed, everything becomes X-ray. Watergate is a nice parable or example of how secrecy was flipped into show business.
Living at the Speed of Light (Speech, U of So Fla), 1974, in Understanding Me (2003) , p 237
Quote #3441
Year: 1974
Chapters: Chiasmus, Flips, Reversals | LOM 4 - Flip, or Reverse into the Opposite | McLuhanisms & Zingers | Surveillance
↪ Also at #1062, #4085, #6587
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