Postmodernism

only way to present what is conceivable but not representable is abstraction.

WHAT WE PRODUCE IS ALWAYS MILES AHEAD OF WHAT WE THINK.

“What we call freedom is the irreducibility of the cultural order to the natural order.”

Worries that we’ve become McDonaldized, Coke-crazed, Starbuck junkies are superficial. What matters is the global addiction to prosperity on which America’s dominance relies.

For him, September 11th was the image taking cruel revenge on a world become virtual simulacrum.

The object of advertising now is not merely to create dreams and desires, but to engender a new commodified reality shaped by a company’s logo or slogan.

The battlefield realities of the past had been replaced by mass media saturation coverage with its talk of “smart bombs” and “collateral damage”.

At its strongest, the anthropic principle suggests that human consciousness is somehow “fitted” to the universe, not only as a component but as an observation necessary to give the universe meaning.

The irreversible change from knower to consumer of knowledge is the cornerstone of postmodernity.

“The old principle that the acquisition of knowledge is indissociable from the training of minds … is becoming obsolete and will become ever more so.