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Wow I didn't know there is a website. Chapter 7 on the "images of an alternative way of life" (publicity) really struck me. I've watched this many times, I'm n

Wow I didn't know there is a website. Chapter 7 on the "images of an alternative way of life" (publicity) really struck me. I've watched this many times, I'm not sure a written essay can convey the "way of seeing" with the same intensity. It is fascinating to me because , it seems to me, the image generation we have with AI now even further accelerates the production of those "Alternative ways of life". And I think, the logical conclusion is self destruction - I don't see how it can accelerate further. There's gotta be a point where we will come to our senses and value the immediacy of life.

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> [Oil painting] began with facts, the facts of his life. The paintings embellished the interior in which he actually lived. Napoleon and David would like to have a word: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Crossing_the_Alps#:~:text=In%20reality%20the,and%20foremost%20propaganda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Crossing_the_Alps#:~:... > image generation ... accelerates the production of those "Alternative ways of life" My hope is that image generation —because people often do not value that which is too cheap to meter— may actually doom publicity glamour, because when anyone can create it, instead of appearing like fae gold (as it does within a faerie circle) it could instead be perceived as the dried leaves it is (canonically discovered only after one returns to the world). Lagniappe (having both cultural reference and a product placement): a mashup of both the "cinderella" and "home improvement" pitches, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQYNUwYHV1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQYNUwYHV1c