A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

But at the same time, print technology has homogenized man, creating mass militarism, mass mind and mass uniformity. Print gave man private habits of individualism and a public role of absolute conformity.
“Playboy Interview: Marshall McLuhan: A Candid Conversation with the High Priest of Popcult and Metaphysician of Media.” By Eric Norden. Playboy Magazine, March (1969), p 70, reprinted in The Essential McLuhan (1995), p 259
Year: 1969
Chapter: Print
Compiled by William Kuhns
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