Relativity theory forced the abandonment, in principle, of absolute space and absolute time.
Marshall McLuhanTypographic man can express but is helpless to read the configurations of print technology.
Marshall McLuhanThe computer is the most extraordinary of man's technological clothing; it's an extension of our central nervous system. Beside it, the wheel is a mere hula-hoop.
Marshall McLuhanIn a cool medium, the audience is an active constituent of the viewing or listening experience. A girl wearing open-mesh silk stockings or glasses is inherently cool and sensual because the eye acts as a surrogate hand in filling in the low-definition image thus engendered. Which is why boys make passes at girls who wear glasses.
Marshall McLuhan