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Society of the Spectacle
In his book COMMENTS ON THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE (1988), Guy Debord presents a meditation on what I would call "misinformation." He begins by calling it "unanswerable lies." He also associate it with "disinformation" and goes to "the fabulous realm of unverifiable stories, uncheckable statistics, unlikely explanations and untenable reasoning." It is filled with extraordinary insights: Because so many ecological elements--the ozone layer, a population of starfish that suddenly begin to tear themselves to pieces in the presence of one or another pollutant, or a plant that goes extinct somewhere in South America--have no attested market value, "it is highly dangerous to base an industrial strategy on environmental imperatives." Climate change deniers do have market value--which is why we will go on manufacturing them, all over the world.
"Where disinformation is named, it does not exist.
Where it exists, it is not named." Considering it was written when it was, it is an uncanny analysis of what has produced much of our present problems, in terms of isolation, and terrorism, and general malaise.
With its 1967 prequel, THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE, a consideration of the defuse and concentrated forms of "spectacular power," these are two extraordinary performances..
In
his
book
COMMENTS
ON
THE
SOCIETY
OF
THE
SPECTACLE
(1988),
Guy
Debord
presents
a
meditation
on
what
I
would
call
"misinformation."
He
begins
by
calling
it
"unanswerable
lies."
He
also
associate
it
with
"disinformation"
and
goes
to
"the
fabulous
realm
of
unverifiable
stories,
uncheckable
statistics,
unlikely
explanations
and
untenable
reasoning."
It
is
filled
with
extraordinary
insights:
Because
so
many
ecological
elements--the
ozone
layer,
a
population
of
starfish
that
suddenly
begin
to
tear
themselves
to
pieces
in
the
presence
of
one
or
another
pollutant,
or
a
plant
that
goes
extinct
somewhere
in
South
America--have
no
attested
market
value,
"it
is
highly
dangerous
to
base
an
industrial
strategy
on
environmental
imperatives."
Climate
change
deniers
do
have
market
value--which
is
why
we
will
go
on
manufacturing
them,
all
over
the
world.
"Where
disinformation
is
named,
it
does
not
exist.
Where
it
exists,
it
is
not
named."
Considering
it
was
written
when
it
was,
it
is
an
uncanny
analysis
of
what
has
produced
much
of
our
present
problems,
in
terms
of
isolation,
and
terrorism,
and
general
malaise.
With
its
1967
prequel,
THE
SOCIETY
OF
THE
SPECTACLE,
a
consideration
of
the
defuse
and
concentrated
forms
of
"spectacular
power,"
these
are
two
extraordinary
performances.
In his book COMMENTS ON THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE (1988), Guy Debord presents a meditation on what I would call "misinformation." He begins by calling it "unanswerable lies." He also associate it with "disinformation" and goes to "the fabulous realm of unverifiable stories, uncheckable statistics, unlikely explanations and untenable reasoning." It is filled with extraordinary insights: Because so many ecological elements--the ozone layer, a population of starfish that suddenly begin to tear themselves to pieces in the presence of one or another pollutant, or a plant that goes extinct somewhere in South America--have no attested market value, "it is highly dangerous to base an industrial strategy on environmental imperatives." Climate change deniers do have market value--which is why we will go on manufacturing them, all over the world. "Where disinformation is named, it does not exist. Where it exists, it is not named." Considering it was written when it was, it is an uncanny analysis of what has produced much of our present problems, in terms of isolation, and terrorism, and general malaise. With its 1967 prequel, THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE, a consideration of the defuse and concentrated forms of "spectacular power," these are two extraordinary performances.
In
his
book
COMMENTS
ON
THE
SOCIETY
OF
THE
SPECTACLE
(1988),
Guy
Debord
presents
a
meditation
on
what
I
would
call
"misinformation."
He
begins
by
calling
it
"unanswerable
lies."
He
also
associate
it
with
"disinformation"
and
goes
to
"the
fabulous
realm
of
unverifiable
stories,
uncheckable
statistics,
unlikely
explanations
and
untenable
reasoning."
It
is
filled
with
extraordinary
insights:
Because
so
many
ecological
elements--the
ozone
layer,
a
population
of
starfish
that
suddenly
begin
to
tear
themselves
to
pieces
in
the
presence
of
one
or
another
pollutant,
or
a
plant
that
goes
extinct
somewhere
in
South
America--have
no
attested
market
value,
"it
is
highly
dangerous
to
base
an
industrial
strategy
on
environmental
imperatives."
Climate
change
deniers
do
have
market
value--which
is
why
we
will
go
on
manufacturing
them,
all
over
the
world.
"Where
disinformation
is
named,
it
does
not
exist.
Where
it
exists,
it
is
not
named."
Considering
it
was
written
when
it
was,
it
is
an
uncanny
analysis
of
what
has
produced
much
of
our
present
problems,
in
terms
of
isolation,
and
terrorism,
and
general
malaise.
With
its
1967
prequel,
THE
SOCIETY
OF
THE
SPECTACLE,
a
consideration
of
the
defuse
and
concentrated
forms
of
"spectacular
power,"
these
are
two
extraordinary
performances.
In his book COMMENTS ON THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE (1988), Guy Debord presents a meditation on what I would call "misinformation." He begins by calling it "unanswerable lies." He also associate it with "disinformation" and goes to "the fabulous realm of unverifiable stories, uncheckable statistics, unlikely explanations and untenable reasoning." It is filled with extraordinary insights: Because so many ecological elements--the ozone layer, a population of starfish that suddenly begin to tear themselves to pieces in the presence of one or another pollutant, or a plant that goes extinct somewhere in South America--have no attested market value, "it is highly dangerous to base an industrial strategy on environmental imperatives." Climate change deniers do have market value--which is why we will go on manufacturing them, all over the world. "Where disinformation is named, it does not exist. Where it exists, it is not named." Considering it was written when it was, it is an uncanny analysis of what has produced much of our present problems, in terms of isolation, and terrorism, and general malaise. With its 1967 prequel, THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE, a consideration of the defuse and concentrated forms of "spectacular power," these are two extraordinary performances.
In his book COMMENTS ON THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE (1988), Guy Debord presents a meditation on what I would call "misinformation." He begins by calling it "unanswerable lies." He also associate it with "disinformation" and goes to "the fabulous realm of unverifiable stories, uncheckable statistics, unlikely explanations and untenable reasoning." It is filled with extraordinary insights: Because so many ecological elements--the ozone layer, a population of starfish that suddenly begin to tear themselves to pieces in the presence of one or another pollutant, or a plant that goes extinct somewhere in South America--have no attested market value, "it is highly dangerous to base an industrial strategy on environmental imperatives." Climate change deniers do have market value--which is why we will go on manufacturing them, all over the world. "Where disinformation is named, it does not exist. Where it exists, it is not named." Considering it was written when it was, it is an uncanny analysis of what has produced much of our present problems, in terms of isolation, and terrorism, and general malaise. With its 1967 prequel, THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE, a consideration of the defuse and concentrated forms of "spectacular power," these are two extraordinary performances.
In his book COMMENTS ON THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE (1988), Guy Debord presents a meditation on what I would call "misinformation." He begins by calling it "unanswerable lies." He also associate it with "disinformation" and goes to "the fabulous realm of unverifiable stories, uncheckable statistics, unlikely explanations and untenable reasoning." It is filled with extraordinary insights: Because so many ecological elements--the ozone layer, a population of starfish that suddenly begin to tear themselves to pieces in the presence of one or another pollutant, or a plant that goes extinct somewhere in South America--have no attested market value, "it is highly dangerous to base an industrial strategy on environmental imperatives." Climate change deniers do have market value--which is why we will go on manufacturing them, all over the world. "Where disinformation is named, it does not exist. Where it exists, it is not named." Considering it was written when it was, it is an uncanny analysis of what has produced much of our present problems, in terms of isolation, and terrorism, and general malaise. With its 1967 prequel, THE SOCIETY OF THE SPECTACLE, a consideration of the defuse and concentrated forms of "spectacular power," these are two extraordinary performances.