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Jean Baudrillard, Simuacra and Simulation Just finished reading this book - took me some time to read, it’s dense but not in a philosophical way like Hegel, more literary or prose like but also.. reminds me of Deleuze and Guttari a bit. Also Baudrillard was a man of his time. It's one of those books that I'll probably have to come back and re-read and think about again. “The implosion of meaning in media” chapter was good. I also liked "Clone Story". I understand now why "The Matrix" was based off of some of these essays, especially "Clone Story". Makes so much more sense to me now. Another thing that I think about is how he was in this book consequently as well is a direct outcome of the time that he was in the Gulf Wars television. Yet at the same time "Simulacra and Simulation" as being prescient for a lot of the conditions of the current internet age. Having a copy without an original very postmodern Very French very intellectual Surprisingly lacking in Marxian or Freudian ways of reading or even Greek. Again postmodern. Somewhat refreshing honestly. But also not very rooted or grounded. But that’s kind of the point, no?
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