Radical changes of identity, happening suddenly and in very brie… — What I Learned on the Project (1959-60), in NAEB Report on Understanding New Media, June (1960), p 2 | The MMM

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Radical changes of identity, happening suddenly and in very brief intervals of time, have proved more deadly and destructive of human values than wars fought with hardware weapons.

Today, civil defence would seem to consist in protection against media fallout. In the past, war has consisted in the movement of commodities back and forth across frontiers.

What I Learned on the Project (1959-60), in NAEB Report on Understanding New Media, June (1960), p 2

Quote #7441

Year: 1959

Chapters: Anticipating Change | Dropout | Identity | Living Unity | McLuhanisms & Zingers | Values & Value Judgments | Violence | Warnings

↪ Also at #369, #2854, #4290, #7259, #7291

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