Understanding McLuhan/Understanding McLuhan (1996)(Voyager)[Mac-PC].iso/pc/mcluhan.dxr/03514_Field_PRTE T16.txt

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Enhancement and obsolescence are obviously
complementary actions. Any new technique or
idea or tool, while enabling a new range of
activities by the user, pushes aside the older ways
of doing things. Money speeds transactions and
gives rise to uniform pricing systems, obsolescing
haggle and barter and much of the human
relation to commodities. The motor car enhances
private mobility, and pushes aside the old
organization of the city in favor of the suburb.
“No-fault divorce” enhances the corporate sharing
of risk and responsibility and displaces private
responsibility. “The pill” tends to banish insecurity
and uncertainty, while enhancing the