A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Everybody tends to merge his identity with other people at the speed of light. It's called being mass man.
Video, “Violence as a quest for identity (1977)”, 04:3 of Youtube transcription
Quote #4293
Year: 1977
Chapters: Audience, Public, Mass | Identity | LOM 2 - Obsolesce | McLuhanisms & Zingers
↪ Also at #550, #2849, #3386
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULI3x8WIxus
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULI3x8WIxus
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