There is no such thing as unmediated experience, but then we don’t know what experience is exactly, so…? But I don’t really believe in authenticity though I know it when I see it. Society is an emergent concept that arises from our monkey consciousness.Ĭonsciousness is an emergent concept which we don’t understand at all, but it seems to arise from the wet and squishy stuff.įeedback loops are really important, and are responsible for the spectacle of advertising, and maybe all Debord’s spectacle.Īuthenticity might be about quieting the brain in the Zen sense, therefore MC riding, surfing, sex all qualify. You need to include the perspective of science, to whit:
The first spectacle was born with the first campfire ( you sorta covered this a little) Please support PEL!Įnd song: "Millionaire" by The Mekons (1993), one of whom, Jon Langford, Mark interviewed on Nakedly Examined Music #22.Īssert: no one, ever, who rhapsodizes about authentic labor, has ever done it.
Seth mentions this discussion of the book featuring author Will Self.Ĭontinued from part 1, or just get the ad-free Citizen Edition. You can read Debord's 1988 follow-up, Comments on the Society of the Spectacle, here. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:09:15 - 63.5MB)ĭo we buy Debord's critique? Is any merely partial critique (i.e., not calling for revolution) just more spectacle? Is technology inherently dehumanizing? Haven't some of these passivity/anti-technology arguments even been launched back in history against things like books? Could Debord's model of authenticity be mass produced, i.e., is this something that we can achieve as a society as Debord hopes, or merely as individuals (if that)?
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