Whereas visual man had dreamed of distant goals and vast encyclopedic programs of learning, electronic man prefers dialogue and immediate involvement. Since nothing on earth can be distant at the speed of light, electronic man prefers the inner to the outer trip and the inner to the outer landscape.”
“At the Moment of Sputnik” (1972), reprinted in Marshall McLuhan: the Man and His Message (1989), p 72
Year: 1972
Chapters:
Inner/Outer | Speedups
↪ Also at #3008
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan