A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

For every extension not only colors and enlarges our lives but also extinguishes a part of us. The extensions as extinctions present a paradox for homo faber. For each extension, is the very act of enlarging the scope of one physical power, serves by “closure” to suppress a variety of human perceptions and actions.
“The Relationship of Environment to Anti-Environment” (1966), p 39
Year: 1966
Chapter: Extension Theory
Compiled by William Kuhns
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