The electric age ... established a global network that has much the character of our central nervous system.
Marshall McLuhanTypography tended to alter language from a means of perception and exploration to a portable commodity.
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 McLuhan