When people become too intense, too serious, they will have trouble in relating to any sort of social game or norm. Perhaps this is why jokes are so important. On one hand they tell us about where the problems and grievances are, and, at the same time, they provide the means of enduring these grievances by laughing at the problems.
Marshall McLuhanScribal culture and Gothic architecture were both concerned with light through, not light on.
Marshall McLuhanOnly the small secrets need to be protected. The large ones are kept secret by public incredulity.
Marshall McLuhan