A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

The zipper, the homely zipper. It amplifies the grip, the clasp. It obsolesces the button, the snap.
Man and Media,” lecture delivered at York University, Toronto, (1979), in Understanding Me (2003), p 287
Quote #3311
Year: 1979
Chapter: Laws of Media
Compiled by William Kuhns
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