A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

Today, for the first time, things happening at the speed of light also illuminate even the inveterate human somnambulism, forcing pattern recognition and intelligibility on the most reluctant. “
Letter to Edward T. Hall, July 23,1969, in Letters of Marshall McLuhan (1987) p 383
Quote #6420
Year: 1969
Chapters: He’s Hopeful | Human Scale | Pattern Recognition | Sleepwalkers | Wake Them Up!
↪ Also at #2665, #2781, #2786, #5279, #6416, #6429, #7342, #7362
Compiled by William Kuhns
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