Everybody will come to feel that his job, his family, his pension and his very identity are threatened by every kind of change. At the speed of light everything affects everything. There are no neutral areas. Even at the relatively sedate speed of fifty thousand miles and hour, the Pioneer spacecraft can be demolished by a speck of dust. Living at the speed of light, we feel ourselves equally vulnerable and insecure.
“Living at the Speed of Light” (1979), original typescript, p 4
Year: 1979
Chapter:
Identity
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan