A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Every 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 #4508
Year: 1966
Chapters: Environment | Media as Form
↪ Also at #2091
Compiled by William Kuhns
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