Hardware in my context is the fragmentation of processes in the interest of dealing systematically with one thing at a time, one subject at a time, one aspect at a time. That is no longer possible at electric speeds.
“The Hardware-Software Mergers: How Successful Have They Been?” Speech at the conference, Reappraisal of the Educational Technology Industry, University of Chicago, Novemer 16-18, 1969. Transcript, p 8
Year: 1969
Chapter:
Goodbye Linearity
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan