In the magnetic city of the wired planet the world’s population move instantly and en masse through all space, creating a new world of angelism, as it were. Now that we have all been translated into electric information, the imagination is no longer needed in order to people our world with beings and objects from everywhere at once. Thinking of these developments makes even Ionesco’s stage seem trite and obvious.
“Roles, Masks, Performances” (1971), p 520
Year: 1971
Chapter:
Global Village
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan