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Tag Archives: Jean Baudrillard
Identity Theft and the Body’s Disappearance
By Robert Bohm Source: The Hampton Institute “What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination?” – Allen Ginsberg from his poem “ Howl “ Identity theft, at least the most familiar … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Economics, Empire, media, Media Literacy, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged big data, capitalism, Commodification, Consumerism, culture, Identity theft, Jean Baudrillard, Personality, Philosophy, psychology, Socialization, society, Sociology, technology
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Blade Runner And The Synthetic Panopticon
Truth Is Always An Open Question By James Curcio Source: Modern Mythology This Is Only A Model We are living in alternate realities. In one reality people see Trump’s incessant lying, and no one in power seeming to doing anything to stop … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, corporate news, culture, Dystopia, Health, media, Neoliberalism, news, Philosophy, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, Technology
Tagged AI, Authority, Blade Runner 2049, Consciousness, Dystopia, Jean Baudrillard, media, Neoliberalism, opioids, Pain, Panoptican, Philosophy, Reality, simulacra, society, Truth, Turing Test, Utilitarianism
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Celluloid and Simulation
By Cary Hill Source: Moviepilot The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium – that is, of any extension of ourselves – result from the new scale that is … Continue reading
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Tagged Cary Hill, Cinema, hollywood, Jean Baudrillard, Reboots, Remakes, Sequels, Simulacra and Simulation
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