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could the hyperreal be understood as a combination between supernormal stimuili [1] and the magnificent bribe [2]? the hypernormally stimulated bribe? [1] htt
by bsedlm 4y ago
could the hyperreal be understood as a combination between supernormal stimuili [1] and the magnificent bribe [2]?
the hypernormally stimulated bribe?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernormal_stimulus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernormal_stimulus
[2] https://reallifemag.com/the-magnificent-bribe/ https://reallifemag.com/the-magnificent-bribe/
- nonrandomstring 4y agoMumford's "bribe" was always Faustian in my reckoning. At some maybe unconscious level people know exactly what they're getting into but think they can kick the can down the road. We hope at some unspecified future time the beast can be appeased or tricked.
- PaulHoule 4y agoSupernormal stimulus is related. Baudrillard would, I think, follow McLuhan in blaming technology and pataphysics (e.g. the 'physics' of fiction) as opposed to "this is a conscious conspiracy to control people". A middle ground is that if CBS didn't do it, NBC would.
- nonrandomstring 4y agoI've been in a conversation about "blaming technology" recently, needing to disambiguate amorphous Technology (big-T) and it's possibility of neutrality, from specific malevolent creations. To disambiguate land-mines and AK47s from Penicillin and baby incubators. There's a mile of difference between creating an attractive nuisance, a "Trap" to borrow from Adam Curtis, and failing to account for negative side effects. We're still very much in the era of apologetics and rationalisation with regard to knowingly creating controlling, addictive and deleterious technologies. There is a kind of tragic death drive or celebration of Thanatos/atrophy going on there. I actually think the modern word that best captures it is "convenience". (it must be pronounced with a sigh of resignation). :)