Our experience of time and space is intimately related to our media of communication.

Marshall McLuhan recognized this and came up with some interesting things to say about the relationship between time, space, and human communication.

In a nutshell, he believed that modern communication technologies were turning the world into a global village.

In the global village, the word 'neighbour' doesn't just mean the person down the street, but also means the people on the other side of the planet.