A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

The surfacing of man’s subconscious came with the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and then TV and other electric media. It is impossible to sublimate or keep anything hidden at that speed. So we have to invent a new concept of civilization in order to live at the speed of light.
Man and Media,” lecture delivered at York University, Toronto, (1979), in Understanding Me (2003), p 296
Year: 1979
Compiled by William Kuhns
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