When our world exists only in fantasy and memory, the natural st… — “A Last Look at The Tube,” unpublished article written for New York Magazine, New York Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 14, 17 March dated March 17, 1978, in original typescript, p 3; reprinted in McLuhan: the Man and His Message (1989)

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When our world exists only in fantasy and memory, the natural strategy for identity is nostalgia, so that today revivals occur so frequently that they are now called “recurrences” (in the recording industry).

“A Last Look at The Tube,” unpublished article written for New York Magazine, New York Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 14, 17 March dated March 17, 1978, in original typescript, p 3; reprinted in McLuhan: the Man and His Message (1989)

Quote #4746

Year: 1978

Chapters: Identity | LOM 3 – Retrieve | Memory

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