Marshall McLuhan — Philosophical Quotes

308 quotes · Philosopher, Media Theorist

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Marshall McLuhan Quotes

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Marshall McLuhan

Philosopher, Media Theorist

Philosophical

“In this electronic age we see ourselves being translated more and more into the form of information, moving toward the technological extension of consciousness.”

Moving Technology Birthday

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Marshall McLuhan

Philosopher, Media Theorist

Philosophical

“The medium, or process, of our time - electric technology is reshaping and restructuring patterns of social interdependence and every aspect of our personal life. It is forcing us to reconsider and re-evaluate practically every thought, every action.”

Technology Action Patterns

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Philosophical

“Ads represent the main channel of intellectual and artistic effort in the modern world.”

World Effort Intellectual

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Philosophical

“The medium is the message.”

Messages Hippie

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Philosophical

“The global village is a place of very arduous interfaces and very abrasive situations.”

Situation Village

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Philosophical

“The wheel is an extension of the foot, the book is an extension of the eye, clothing an extension of the skin, electric circuitry an extension of the central nervous system.”

Book Eye Media

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Philosophical

“Most clear writing is a sign that there is no exploration going on. Clear prose indicates the absence of thought.”

Writing Absence Exploration

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Philosophical

“All meaning alters with acceleration, because all patterns of personal and political interdependence change with any acceleration of information.”

Political Information Patterns

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Philosophical

“A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion.”

Social Members Tone

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Philosophical

“In the Phaedrus, Plato argued that the new arrival of writing would revolutionize culture for the worst. He suggested that it would substitute reminiscence for thought and mechanical learning for the true dialect of the living quest for truth by discourse and conversation.”

Writing Media Plato

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Philosophical

“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.”

Moving Communication Block

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Philosophical

“The student of media soon comes to expect the New Media of any period whatever to be classed as 'pseudo' by those who acquired the patterns of earlier media, whatever they may happen to be.”

May Media Patterns

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