A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

So, at the speed of light, which is now the normal speed of most
information, on TV, radio, telephone and so on—at that speed the need to forget
has become a form of nostalgia.
Interview with Jerry Brown in The CoEvolution Quarterly, Winter 1977-1978,
Quote #4087
Year: 1977
Chapter: McLuhanisms & Zingers
↪ Also at #4230
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