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Marshall McLuhan Quotes

All media work us over completely. They are so pervasive in their personal, political, economic, aesthetic, psychological, moral, ethical, and social consequences that they leave no part of us untouched, unaffected, unaltered. The medium is the massage. Any understanding of social and cultural change is impossible without a knowledge of the way media work as environments. All media are extensions of some human faculty - psychic or physical Picture Quote #1

The new is always made up of the old, or rather, what people see in the new is always the old thing. The rear-view mirror. The future of the future is the present, and this is something that people are terrified of Picture Quote #1

New media may at first appear as mere codes of transmission for older achievement and established patterns of thought. But nobody could make the mistake of supposing that phonetic writing merely made it possible for the Greeks to set down in visual order what they had though and known before writing. In the same way printing made literature possible. It did not merely encode literature Picture Quote #1

There is an enormous redundancy in every well-written book. With a well-written book I only read the right-hand page and allow my mind to work on the left-hand page. With a poorly written book I read every word Picture Quote #1

The TV generation is postliterate and retribalized. It seeks by violence to scrub the old private image and to merge in a new tribal identity, like any corporate executive Picture Quote #1

The world of visual perspective is one of unified and homogeneous space. Such a world is alien to the resonating diversity of spoken words. So language was the last art to accept the visual logic of Gutenberg technology, and the first to rebound in the electric age Picture Quote #1

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The tribalizing power of the new electronic media, the way in which they return to us to the unified fields of the old oral cultures, to tribal cohesion and pre-individualist patterns of thought, is little understood. Tribalism is the sense of the deep bond of family, the closed society as the norm of community Picture Quote #1

Today’s child is growing up absurd, because he lives in two worlds, and neither of them inclines him to grow up. Growing up--thatis our new work, and it is total. Mere instruction will not suffice Picture Quote #1

One main condition of aristocratic life was present in the South and not in the North--personal responsibility to other human beings for education and material welfare. (A Carnegie or a Ford, like a bureaucracy, molds the lives of millions without taking any responsibility.) Picture Quote #1

Our electrically-configured world has forced us to move from the habit of data classification to the mode of pattern recognition. We can no longer build serially, block-by-block, step-by-step, because instant communication insures that all factors of the environment and of experience co-exist in a state of active interplay Picture Quote #1

Every innovation scraps its immediate predecessor and retrieves still older figures Â” it causes floods of antiques or nostalgic art forms and stimulates the search for museum pieces Picture Quote #1

The content or message of any particular medium has about as much importance as the stenciling on the casing of an atomic bomb Picture Quote #1

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It’s misleading to suppose there’s any basic difference between education and entertainment . This distinction merely relieves people of the responsibility of looking into the matter Picture Quote #1

Everybody tends to merge his identity with other people at the speed of light. It’s called being mass man Picture Quote #1

The electric age ... established a global network that has much the character of our central nervous system Picture Quote #1

Innovation for holders of conventional wisdom is not novelty but annihilation Picture Quote #1

The village had institutionalized all human functions in forms of low intensity.... Participation was high and organization was low. This is the formula for stability Picture Quote #1

Good taste is the first refuge of the non-creative. It is the last-ditch stand of the artist Picture Quote #1

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The suddenness of the leap from hardware to software cannot but produce a period of anarchy and collapse, especially in the developed countries Picture Quote #1

Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn’t know the first thing about either Picture Quote #1

Education, which should be helping youth to understand and adapt to their revolutionary new environments, is instead being used merely as an instrument of cultural aggression Picture Quote #1

People don’t actually read newspapers - they get into them every morning like a hot bath Picture Quote #1

Like primitive, we now live in a global village of our own making, a simultaneous happening. It doesn’t necessarily mean harmony and peace and quiet but it does mean huge involvement in everybody else’s affairs Picture Quote #1

The greatest discovery of the 21st century will be the discovery that Man was not meant to live at the speed of light Picture Quote #1

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They will be tiresome company, having the show of wisdom without the reality Picture Quote #1

I don't necessarily agree with everything I say Picture Quote #1

Advertising is an environmental striptease for a world of abundance Picture Quote #1

Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century Picture Quote #1

It is possible to deal with the entire environment as a work of art Picture Quote #1

We go forward looking in the rearview mirror Picture Quote #1

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All media work us over completely. They are so pervasive in their personal, political, economic, aesthetic, psychological, moral, ethical, and social consequences that they leave no part of us untouched, unaffected, unaltered. The medium is the massage. Any understanding of social and cultural change is impossible without a knowledge of the way media work as environments. All media are extensions of some human faculty - psychic or physical (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) The new is always made up of the old, or rather, what people see in the new is always the old thing. The rear-view mirror. The future of the future is the present, and this is something that people are terrified of (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) New media may at first appear as mere codes of transmission for older achievement and established patterns of thought. But nobody could make the mistake of supposing that phonetic writing merely made it possible for the Greeks to set down in visual order what they had though and known before writing. In the same way printing made literature possible. It did not merely encode literature (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) There is an enormous redundancy in every well-written book. With a well-written book I only read the right-hand page and allow my mind to work on the left-hand page. With a poorly written book I read every word (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) The TV generation is postliterate and retribalized. It seeks by violence to scrub the old private image and to merge in a new tribal identity, like any corporate executive (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) The world of visual perspective is one of unified and homogeneous space. Such a world is alien to the resonating diversity of spoken words. So language was the last art to accept the visual logic of Gutenberg technology, and the first to rebound in the electric age (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) The tribalizing power of the new electronic media, the way in which they return to us to the unified fields of the old oral cultures, to tribal cohesion and pre-individualist patterns of thought, is little understood. Tribalism is the sense of the deep bond of family, the closed society as the norm of community (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Today’s child is growing up absurd, because he lives in two worlds, and neither of them inclines him to grow up. Growing up--thatis our new work, and it is total. Mere instruction will not suffice (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) One main condition of aristocratic life was present in the South and not in the North--personal responsibility to other human beings for education and material welfare. (A Carnegie or a Ford, like a bureaucracy, molds the lives of millions without taking any responsibility.) (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Our electrically-configured world has forced us to move from the habit of data classification to the mode of pattern recognition. We can no longer build serially, block-by-block, step-by-step, because instant communication insures that all factors of the environment and of experience co-exist in a state of active interplay (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Every innovation scraps its immediate predecessor and retrieves still older figures Â” it causes floods of antiques or nostalgic art forms and stimulates the search for museum pieces. (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) The content or message of any particular medium has about as much importance as the stenciling on the casing of an atomic bomb. (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) It’s misleading to suppose there’s any basic difference between education and entertainment . This distinction merely relieves people of the responsibility of looking into the matter. (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Everybody tends to merge his identity with other people at the speed of light. It’s called being mass man. (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) The electric age ... established a global network that has much the character of our central nervous system. (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Innovation for holders of conventional wisdom is not novelty but annihilation (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) The village had institutionalized all human functions in forms of low intensity.... Participation was high and organization was low. This is the formula for stability. (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Good taste is the first refuge of the non-creative. It is the last-ditch stand of the artist. (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) The suddenness of the leap from hardware to software cannot but produce a period of anarchy and collapse, especially in the developed countries. (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn’t know the first thing about either (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Education, which should be helping youth to understand and adapt to their revolutionary new environments, is instead being used merely as an instrument of cultural aggression. (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) People don’t actually read newspapers - they get into them every morning like a hot bath (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Like primitive, we now live in a global village of our own making, a simultaneous happening. It doesn’t necessarily mean harmony and peace and quiet but it does mean huge involvement in everybody else’s affairs. (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) The greatest discovery of the 21st century will be the discovery that Man was not meant to live at the speed of light. (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) They will be tiresome company, having the show of wisdom without the reality (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) I don't necessarily agree with everything I say (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Advertising is an environmental striptease for a world of abundance (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) It is possible to deal with the entire environment as a work of art (Marshall McLuhan Quotes) We go forward looking in the rearview mirror (Marshall McLuhan Quotes)

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