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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2019 8:37:30 GMT
Hyper-reality
Simulacrum is the symbolic creation of reality by exchange. This is where the meaning of reality has been replaced by symbols and signs. Reality is buried by layer upon layer of representation. There is no longer a real that is experienced.
The maps we make of reality are experienced as more real than our actual lives. Maps are so detailed and such that they cease to genuinely represent the real thing. Representations of things seem more real. For example our television friends may feel more real. We only experience prepared realities such as edited war footage.
We have become unable to distinguish between nature and artifice.
We can look for other examples One example is money. Instead of things being valued for their use value, they became valued for their exchange value. Then things started to get valued in terms of money. This then crept into our own lives and our way of thinking about things.
The way in which we acquire products based on commercials. This removes us one step from our actual reality.
We also fail to realise what real life connections the products we consume have. For example where and how the coffee was made from a bean.
Nature increasingly becomes defined in relation to urbanisation. As we lose touch with the natural world.
The last is how language is used to construct our perception of reality. We are reliant on this for our understanding.
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Post by Henrik on Nov 25, 2019 8:11:14 GMT
Hyper-reality Simulacrum is the symbolic creation of reality by exchange. This is where the meaning of reality has been replaced by symbols and signs. Reality is buried by layer upon layer of representation. There is no longer a real that is experienced. The maps we make of reality are experienced as more real than our actual lives. Maps are so detailed and such that they cease to genuinely represent the real thing. Representations of things seem more real. For example our television friends may feel more real. We only experience prepared realities such as edited war footage. We have become unable to distinguish between nature and artifice. We can look for other examples One example is money. Instead of things being valued for their use value, they became valued for their exchange value. Then things started to get valued in terms of money. This then crept into our own lives and our way of thinking about things. The way in which we acquire products based on commercials. This removes us one step from our actual reality. We also fail to realise what real life connections the products we consume have. For example where and how the coffee was made from a bean. Nature increasingly becomes defined in relation to urbanisation. As we lose touch with the natural world. The last is how language is used to construct our perception of reality. We are reliant on this for our understanding. This is interesting. I think this ties in with how consciousness works on a very basic level. It will take "abstract" energies and create representations of meaning from it in order to self-organize and learn. Thus, we are also vulnerable to being duped because our consciousness wants to find more "meaning", more meaningful representations of the underlying energy streams. Which, in inverse parallell, distances the real from the apparent "actual" and thus creates more longing for what is truly real, but which can never be "represented". The quest for the Holy Grail, or this "soul yearning", can never be found in representations of reality, but as some sort of internal stream of recognition and non-judgement, or something like that... words won't suffice, lol
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Post by ML on Nov 25, 2019 23:30:34 GMT
or something like that... words won't suffice, lol The bigger the truth, the more word(s) becomes obstruction rather than a tool for communication.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2019 19:18:14 GMT
Debord also says some similar useful stuff and this can be applied to modern life again. Extract: Debord observed that the spectacle actively alters human interactions and relationships. Images influence our lives and beliefs on a daily basis; advertising manufactures new desires and aspirations. The media interprets (and reduces) the world for us with the use of simple narratives. Photography and film collapses time and geographic distance — providing the illusion of universal connectivity. New products transform the way we live. Debord’s notions can be applied to our present-day reliance on technology. What do you do when you get lost in a foreign city? Do you ask a passer-by for directions, or consult Google Maps on your smartphone? Perhaps Siri can help. Such technology is incredibly useful, but it also engineers our behavior. It reduces our lives into a daily series of commodity exchanges. hyperallergic.com/313435/an-illustrated-guide-to-guy-debords-the-society-of-the-spectacle/
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