Only puny secrets need protection. Big discoveries are protected by public incredulity.
Marshall McLuhanYou see, Dad, Professor McLuhan says that the environment that man creates becomes his medium for defining his role in it. The invention of type created linear, or sequential thought, separating thought from action. Now, with TV and folk singing, thought and action are closer and social involvement is greater. We again live in a village. Get it?
Marshall McLuhanWe have to find the environments in which it will be possible to live with our new inventions.
Marshall McLuhanI am resolutely opposed to all innovation, all change, but I am determined to understand whatโs happening. Because I donโt choose just to sit and let the juggernaut roll over me. Many people seem to think that if you talk about something recent, youโre in favor of it. The exact opposite is true in my case. Anything I talk about is almost certainly something Iโm resolutely against. And it seems to me the best way to oppose it is to understand it. And then you know where to turn off the buttons.
Marshall McLuhan