North Americans may well be the only people in the world who go outside to be alone and inside to be social. This hidden ground of our corporate awareness surfaced for me when I was to give a talk to some British advertisers about the North American attitude to advertising.
“Inside on the Outside, or the Spaced-Out American” (1976), in Marshall McLuhan: The Man and His Message (1989), p 140
Year: 1976
Chapter:
Outside to be Alone
Compiled by William Kuhns
© 2026, The Estate of Marshall McLuhan
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