pessimist. If you’re optimistic, you see, well, you just gain more mobility, the sky’s the limit.

McLuhan: More power.

Student: More power. If you’re pessimistic, you can see ourselves even smaller, so we realize how large the universe is and we’re not the centre.

McLuhan: Well, let’s ask ourselves what happened to the men who did it? Aldrin, and Shepard, Collins.

Forsdale: Armstrong.

McLuhan: What happened to them? They had the experience. And they also had the experience of studying