Marshall McLuhan Interview 1967

Marshall McLuhan :1911 1980 was a Canadian educator,
a professor of English literature, and perhaps one of the best known media theorists and critics of this era. A literary scholar from Canada, Marshall McLuhan became entrenched in American popular culture when he felt this was the only way to understand his students at the University of Wisconsin. Until the publication of his best known and most popular works, The Gutenberg Galaxy: the Making of Typographic Man (1962) and Understanding Media: the Extensions of Man (1964), McLuhan lead a very ordinary academic life.

Marshall McLuhan Quotes:

Canada is the only country in the world that knows how to live without an identity.
Marshall McLuhan


Jokes are grievances.
Marshall McLuhan


Obsolescence never meant the end of anything, it's just the beginning.
Marshall McLuhan


Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America - not on the battlefields of Vietnam.
Marshall McLuhan


We drive into the future using only our rearview mirror.
Marshall McLuhan


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

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[fastfoodclowns]

Sometimes he got carried away with his own ideas.... He liked to "put-on" his audience. I learned a lot from him, but he forgets about the fact that there is evil in the world regardless of what medium is most popular.

[thunderusa]

@fastfoodclowns.... Evil is not a cool medium when shown on TV, ..it is a hot

topic.....What Marshal said in the 70's still goes today.

Marshal Mcluhan was every bit aware of evil.

[SaulChel]

I'm an idiot without a point of view, posting this comment like robot :D

2:44-4:33

[removethatnow]

so on point, even back then

[daeryas]

@treefrog2108 Understanding Media is the best, in my opinion. It pretty much expresses all of his opinions and view points.. The Gutenberg Galaxy is another good one, but it's more scientific and (in my opinion) more boring.

[pr1vat3only]

@treefrog2108 Yes of course: The Global Village is a must-read ;-)

[HISTORYOFILLUSION]

at 4:55 he nails reading on tablet devices such as the iPad, The Nook, and The Kindle.

[HISTORYOFILLUSION]

@fastfoodclowns I think hes well aware of 'Evil' read more of his work.

[HISTORYOFILLUSION]

@treefrog2108

War and peace in the global village, the medium is the message

[fifh89]

@treefrog2108 "Understanding Media"

[treefrog2108]

just discovered this guy,interesting outlook.Can anyone tell me the name of one of his books>?

[TheDLFILMS]

Canada: A cool place:)

[blueguitarist]

holy shit

[Jannacek]

he's coooolll