Comment by jonway
Yes!
There are related works: The Medium is the Message and the television program https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFwVCHkL-JU
"A medium is not something neutral. It does something to people."
and The Society of the Spectacle. When I reread this, I was alarmed at how applicable it is today.
Problems: We don't really have any remedy. We can see if we look, but what to do?
> The Society of the Spectacle. When I reread this, I was alarmed at how applicable it is today.
i read this too young and it set me up for a lifetime of hopeless depression. highly recommended. i just started 'simulacra and simulation' and the development on the ideas covered in 'spectacle' is even less optimistic.