A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

You cannot put a satellite environment around a planet without altering the planet and the occupants of the planet. Their whole vision of themselves, their body percepts. their corporate social percepts, are entirely altered by a satellite environment. That does not mean that they ever have to notice the satellite. They never have to give it a thought. It never has to occur to them that there is such a thing as a satellite, in order for the satellite to make total changes in the comings and goings and patterns of their daily lives.
“Education in the Electronic Age”, in Interchange, Vol 1, No 4, 1970, pp 1-2
Year: 1970
Chapter: Planet, Nature
Compiled by William Kuhns
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