. . . it’s flipped into modes of pure companionate 
experimentation. The whole idea of getting hitched 
up for long periods of time is not very popular. But 
then, remember, it’s not community that’s 
disappeared but private identity. When identity 
disappears, then the permanence of marriage is 
meaningless. If you don’t think of yourself as having 
very much continuity, then you’re not likely to think 
of any of your relationships as committing you to 
anything permanent.

Linda Sandler, “An Informal Interview with Marshall 
McLuhan,” Miss Chatelaine , Fall 1974.