Nobody yet knows the language inherent in the new technological … — “Five Sovereign Fingers Taxed the Breath”, in Shenandoah The Washington And Lee University Review, Vol.VII, No. 1, Autumn (1955), p 51, reprinted in Explorations 4, (1955), p 33, Explorations in Communication: an Anthology (1960), p 208, Also appears in alternative format as part of Verbi-Voco-Visual Explorations, (1967), Essential McLuhan (1995), p 211

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Nobody yet knows the language inherent in the new technological culture; we are all deaf-blind mutes in terms of the new situation. Our most impressive words and thoughts betray us by referring to the previously existent not to the present.

“Five Sovereign Fingers Taxed the Breath”, in Shenandoah The Washington And Lee University Review, Vol.VII, No. 1, Autumn (1955), p 51, reprinted in Explorations 4, (1955), p 33, Explorations in Communication: an Anthology (1960), p 208, Also appears in alternative format as part of Verbi-Voco-Visual Explorations, (1967), Essential McLuhan (1995), p 211

Quote #291

Year: 1955

Chapter: Anticipating Change