As a big fan of Umberto Eco and Guy Debord, Baudrillard has a soft spot in my heart and mind. I feel they all attempted to warn us of how we were breaking from reality. One example that always comes to my mind is Las Vegas. I feel under all the layers of signs and simulacra it will take a significant upheaval to get back to reality - difficult but not impossible. Thank you for writing this ❤️
Great analysis. I just did a couple of posts quoting Baudrillard in relation to an ecotourism centre which, to attract visitors, used my photographs of butterflies which had been wiped out in the construction of the ecotourism centre.
As a big fan of Umberto Eco and Guy Debord, Baudrillard has a soft spot in my heart and mind. I feel they all attempted to warn us of how we were breaking from reality. One example that always comes to my mind is Las Vegas. I feel under all the layers of signs and simulacra it will take a significant upheaval to get back to reality - difficult but not impossible. Thank you for writing this ❤️
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Great analysis. I just did a couple of posts quoting Baudrillard in relation to an ecotourism centre which, to attract visitors, used my photographs of butterflies which had been wiped out in the construction of the ecotourism centre.
That’s an excellent example thick with irony.