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I don't think the person you are responding to was saying that a celebrity bus is more substantive than the Grand Canyon. I think they were saying that going t
by kerkeslager 6y ago
I don't think the person you are responding to was saying that a celebrity bus is more substantive than the Grand Canyon.
I think they were saying that going to a place because it has meaning for an ideal of breaking dependence on society is more substantive than going to a place so you can take a picture to get attention on the internet. It's not about the place, it's about your reasons for going there.
The Grand Canyon is a place with incredible splendor, and I am sure there are people who go there for substantive reasons too.
- brudgers 6y agoThe bus is famous for a best selling book and a Hollywood movie. It's what Eco might call "hyperreal." It signifies breaking dependence on society not a breaking of dependence. The Grand Canyon doesn't require knowing the story. It forces acceptance that one does not and cannot know the story. Admittedly, that doesn't make for a good movie.
- kerkeslager 6y agoI'd like to respond to what you're saying, but I don't understand it. Would you mind clarifying?
- brudgers 6y agoAre you familiar with Eco’s work?
- kerkeslager 6y agoI've read only Foucalt's Pendulum.