The computer, in short, promises by technology a Pentecostal condition of universal understanding and unity. The next logical steps would seem to be, not to translate, but to bypass language in favor of a general cosmic consciousness which might be very like the collective unconscious dreamt of by Bergson.
Understanding Media (1964), MIT/Routledge edition, p 80
Year: 1964
Chapters:
After Language | Computer | Corporate Consciousness | Dropout | Extending Consciousness | Language | Living Unity | Predictions
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan