A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Our scientists are still inclined to make visual models of light particles, and particles that move at the speed of light, for which no visualization is possible. But this is the bias of a highly visual culture. I think our youngsters today coming through the rock-and-roll division are totally devoid of any need to visualize.
“Speaking Freely,” interview with Edwin Newman, WNBC-TV, December 27, 1970, transcript, p 17
Year: 1970
Chapter: Youth
Compiled by William Kuhns
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