Have you ever scrolled through a social media feed, watched a reality TV show, or visited a meticulously crafted theme park and felt a strange sense of disconnection?
This made me think of Adam Curtis’s fascinating documentary Hypernormalisation which explores similar ideas, starting from politicians giving up grappling with complex realities 👇
Simulation? Or ... post-modernism writing reality in language was the West's initial salvo against 400 years of science, fact and evidence-based Enlightenment. And look where that's brought us.
The intelligentsia ran out of ideas and ate itself. Evidently.
I am working on a project exploring the new sense of beauty influenced by new technologies. Looking at AI models on social media, especially Instagram, it's interesting to read the comments by men on posts by ultra super mega hyper hot extremely idealised beautiful AI models. I am sure some of them don't realize these girls are not real, but I sort of suspect some know, and don't mind as far as they get some attention back, even just a ♥️, from someone hypereal.
Excellent!! Very clear and accurate explanation in my opinion. Everyone should understand this. It’s necessary for better understanding of our world.
This made me think of Adam Curtis’s fascinating documentary Hypernormalisation which explores similar ideas, starting from politicians giving up grappling with complex realities 👇
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr7T07WfIhM
Thank you very much for sharing :)
I’d like to quote this article in an essay. Who is the author please?
Simulation? Or ... post-modernism writing reality in language was the West's initial salvo against 400 years of science, fact and evidence-based Enlightenment. And look where that's brought us.
The intelligentsia ran out of ideas and ate itself. Evidently.
People who ask if we’re in a simulation need to be immediately kicked hard in the balls.
I am working on a project exploring the new sense of beauty influenced by new technologies. Looking at AI models on social media, especially Instagram, it's interesting to read the comments by men on posts by ultra super mega hyper hot extremely idealised beautiful AI models. I am sure some of them don't realize these girls are not real, but I sort of suspect some know, and don't mind as far as they get some attention back, even just a ♥️, from someone hypereal.