Gramophone and movies were merely the mechanization of speech and gesture. But the radio and TV were not just the electronification of speech and gesture but the electronification of the entire range of human personal expressiveness. With electronification the flow is taken out of the wire and into the vacuum tube circuit, which confers freedom and flexibility such as are in metaphor and in words themselves.

Of the many unforeseen consequences of typography, the emergence of nationalism is, perhaps, the most familiar

Anything that's popular is a rear-view image.

Most clear writing is a sign that there is no exploration going on. Clear prose indicates the absence of thought.

The ignorance of how to use knowledge stockpiles exponentially.

A moral point of view too often serves as a substitute for understanding in technological matters.

The alphabet was one thing when applied to clay or stone, and quite another when set down on light papyrus.