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The hallucinogenic world, in environmental terms, can be considered as a forlorn effort of man to match the speed of power of his extended nervous system (which we call the "electronic world") by intensifying the activity of his inner nervous system.

Marshall McLuhan

Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980), Canadian communications and media theorist. Letters of Marshall McLuhan, letter, July 30, 1969, to Robert J. Leuver, eds. Matie Molinaro, Corinne McLuhan, and William Toye (1987).

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