Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which humans communicate than by the content of the communication. (p. 23) - Marshall McLuhan

Dantzig explains why the language of number had to be increased to meet the needs created by the new technology of letters. (p. 200)

One of the things that happens at the speed of light is that people lose their goals in life. So what takes the place of goals and objectives? Well, role-playing is coming in very fast.

The “interface” of the Renaissance was the meeting of medieval pluralism and modern homogeneity and mechanism – a formula for blitz and metamorphosis. (p. 161)