A dictionary of Marshall McLuhan’s quotations

A primary method for studying the effects of anything is simply to imagine ourselves as suddenly deprived of them. If students were to interview physically deprived people about the effects of living in a world which has no place for a paraplegic, or a blind man, they would quickly apprehend the menace of our man-made service environment. They would soon discover that it is we ourselves who serve these environments.
“English Literature as Control Tower” (1974), p 6
Year: 1974
↪ Also at #6323, #6980
Compiled by William Kuhns
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