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This has to be the most incredible piece of writing I've read online all year. So many nuggets of insight, without any filler. I'll be keeping an eye on this au
by voldacar 6y ago
This has to be the most incredible piece of writing I've read online all year. So many nuggets of insight, without any filler. I'll be keeping an eye on this author
- ramphastidae 6y agoThanks for your comment, it led me to read the article and I also came away extremely impressed.
- ahelwer 6y agoIf this sort of narrative-media-centered analysis of society appeals to you, you'd probably enjoy Slavoj Zizek. His documentary The Pervert's Guide to Ideology is quite enjoyable. I honestly wondered whether this was a Zizek piece at parts.
- voldacar 6y agoI tend to dislike anything with a Hegelian smell to it, but thank you for the recommandation :)
- Aeolun 6y agoYou think? I had to stop after a few paragraphs because I didn’t feel like they were getting to the point.
- sn41 6y agoThat's part of the point, I think. The author does not agree that "cutting to the chase" and the "message" is the most important part of literature.
- runawaybottle 6y agoThe payoffs are in the pattern overlapping. Try to read it that way and you’ll see how he/she keeps aligning the parallels until it’s clear. Pretty good read, I just disagree with the conclusion (final paragraphs). One could argue the article itself is an inverting of the narrative of the narrative, and thus has nothing left to say. I’m going to confuse myself here I feel, but the article as analysis, if I’m right about itself being an inversion, has to be taken as non-analysis and just a description ultimately. It’s got nothing left to say because there’s really nothing left to say. /meta