Simulacra and Simulation

#1

Post by soupspaces » Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 2:33 PM UTC

Re: Simulacra and Simulation

#2

Post by david927 » Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 2:47 PM UTC

Suddenly, wildly, pertinent to today's world.

#3

Post by soupspaces » Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC

#4

Post by euroderf » Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 1:29 AM UTC

I always liked his observation that Disneyland was created in order to make the rest of America seem real.

#5

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 2:01 AM UTC

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#6

Post by SanjayMehta » Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 2:07 AM UTC

euroderf wrote: post #4

I always liked his observation that Disneyland was created in order to make the rest of America seem real.

Fun fact: one of the lawyers who helped buy land for Disney was ex-CIA.

#7

Post by _def » Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 2:07 AM UTC

david927 wrote: post #2

Suddenly, wildly, pertinent to today's world.

Or the complete opposite ;-)

#8

Post by ycombinete » Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 2:31 AM UTC

I always enjoy the moment in The Matrix where Neo flops a hollowed out copy of this book open, to fish out some illicit mini-disc he’s storing in it.

#9

Post by Der_Einzige » Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 2:33 AM UTC

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#10

Post by TacticalCoder » Thu, Aug 20, 2026, 2:35 AM UTC

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