Relativity theory forced the abandonment, in principle, of absolute space and absolute time.
Marshall McLuhanControl over change would seem to consist in moving not with it but ahead of it. Anticipation gives the power to deflect and control force.
Marshall McLuhanThe suddenness of the leap from hardware to software cannot but produce a period of anarchy and collapse, especially in the developed countries.
Marshall McLuhanProfessionalism is environmental. Amateurism is anti environmental. Professionalism merges the individual into patterns of total environment. Amateurism seeks the development of the total awareness of the individual and the critical awareness of the ground rules of society. The amateur can afford to loose.
Marshall McLuhan