Living at the speed of light, all pasts and all futures are simultaneously now; there is no past time for pastimes to replay or ritualize, no “outside” (or “inside”) our own time or world. Games, sports and entertainment alike will all become a form of fantasy life of “now” and “me.”
“Living at the Speed of Light” (1979), typescript, p 20
Year: 1979
Compiled by William Kuhns
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© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan