only way to present what is conceivable but not representable is abstraction.
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WHAT WE PRODUCE IS ALWAYS MILES AHEAD OF WHAT WE THINK.
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“What we call freedom is the irreducibility of the cultural order to the natural order.”
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Worries that we’ve become McDonaldized, Coke-crazed, Starbuck junkies are superficial. What matters is the global addiction to prosperity on which America’s dominance relies.
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For him, September 11th was the image taking cruel revenge on a world become virtual simulacrum.
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The object of advertising now is not merely to create dreams and desires, but to engender a new commodified reality shaped by a company’s logo or slogan.
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The battlefield realities of the past had been replaced by mass media saturation coverage with its talk of “smart bombs” and “collateral damage”.
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At its strongest, the anthropic principle suggests that human consciousness is somehow “fitted” to the universe, not only as a component but as an observation necessary to give the universe meaning.
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The irreversible change from knower to consumer of knowledge is the cornerstone of postmodernity.
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“The old principle that the acquisition of knowledge is indissociable from the training of minds … is becoming obsolete and will become ever more so.