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i feel the same about all the defences of Truth, the Absolute, religion etc that have been popular to adopt the past few years — just seems to not really have much point to it beyond being the opposite of what the people who were in-vogue a few decades ago thought for the most part.
January 1, 2026 at 5:58 AM
i feel the same about all the defences of Truth, the Absolute, religion etc that have been popular to adopt the past few years — just seems to not really have much point to it beyond being the opposite of what the people who were in-vogue a few decades ago thought for the most part.
this is usually my go to when asked what my fav autechre track is
December 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
this is usually my go to when asked what my fav autechre track is
Superglue
YouTube video by GFOTY - Topic
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December 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
it's a nice idea (and a comforting one for sure) that out there is this nonhuman thing we can point to as a guarantor of stability, objectivity, perfection etc, but I'm less and less convinced that this is anything but a nice idea
December 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
it's a nice idea (and a comforting one for sure) that out there is this nonhuman thing we can point to as a guarantor of stability, objectivity, perfection etc, but I'm less and less convinced that this is anything but a nice idea
ultimately tho I think the simplest way to put it is that he's saying we have collectively reified the real into a fixed image, which we then treat as if it is 'reality' and not something we ourselves constructed in a sort of tower of babel hubristic attempt to reach singularity.
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
ultimately tho I think the simplest way to put it is that he's saying we have collectively reified the real into a fixed image, which we then treat as if it is 'reality' and not something we ourselves constructed in a sort of tower of babel hubristic attempt to reach singularity.
the real irony of this is that it encourages people to move much more vigorously according to the logic of hyperreality, seeking ever more Real experiences in simulation, immediacy, an utter hostility to artifice and mediation.
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
the real irony of this is that it encourages people to move much more vigorously according to the logic of hyperreality, seeking ever more Real experiences in simulation, immediacy, an utter hostility to artifice and mediation.
the main mistake I see is ppl thinking he means our representations of reality are 'too fake', but it's more that they're too real ("realer than real" -- a real we can attain, know, touch) because the things we take for reality now, ie news, writing, photos, *are* simulation
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
the main mistake I see is ppl thinking he means our representations of reality are 'too fake', but it's more that they're too real ("realer than real" -- a real we can attain, know, touch) because the things we take for reality now, ie news, writing, photos, *are* simulation
at this stage you can say (as baudrillard does) that reality/the referent has disappeared through it becoming an uncontested Fact, such that our 'simulations' -- a byword for any kind of model we make to grasp the (unattainable) real -- attain an unprecedented facticity and reality
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
at this stage you can say (as baudrillard does) that reality/the referent has disappeared through it becoming an uncontested Fact, such that our 'simulations' -- a byword for any kind of model we make to grasp the (unattainable) real -- attain an unprecedented facticity and reality
imo the best way to grasp him is thinking abt Authenticity as a concept (both in the heideggerian and the colloquial sense). hyperreality is synonymous with something like "authenticity-in-itself", as in the historical point we can begin referring to things as simply 'authentic' without a referent
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
imo the best way to grasp him is thinking abt Authenticity as a concept (both in the heideggerian and the colloquial sense). hyperreality is synonymous with something like "authenticity-in-itself", as in the historical point we can begin referring to things as simply 'authentic' without a referent
though of course I think we should probably assume many of them realise this, that it's not that they're against 'globalist agendas' or imperialism, rather that their globalism would exchange 'progressive values' for social conservatism, traditionalism, the 'objectivity' of biology etc
December 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
though of course I think we should probably assume many of them realise this, that it's not that they're against 'globalist agendas' or imperialism, rather that their globalism would exchange 'progressive values' for social conservatism, traditionalism, the 'objectivity' of biology etc