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0 pointsmattgreenrocks7mo ago0 comments

> Have you read Simulacra and Simulation?

Not yet, I will put it on my book backlog.

> Even the idea of trying to chase more off line unmediated experiences is a simulacral objective, an attempt at simulating a lifestyle that doesn't really exist now.

100% agree. It is a tenuous balance. I try to see it as figuring out which mediated experiences are life-giving/neutral vs trying to recreate a past that is gone. Sometimes that involves plenty of tech (Death Stranding 2!) and sometimes it involves avoiding short-form videos entirely.

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viccis7mo ago

>Not yet, I will put it on my book backlog.

It's very good but be warned that it's very much written in the continental philosophy style, so it can come across as inscrutable to people not used to French 20th century philosophy at times.

>vs trying to recreate a past that is gone

The real challenge is that sometimes it's like this, which a simulation. But sometimes we're trying to recreate a past that never existed, and that's when it becomes simulacral.

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