Episode 170: Guy Debord's "Society of the Spectacle" (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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Is There a Difference Between the iPhone and a Barry Economy?
An iPhone isn't just this thing, it's a set of norms that go along with it. A barry economy would have the similar kinds of exchange. It's not clear to me how our relationship with the world is mediated by our perceptions and by what we hold value to. That value is socially mediated by norms that we interact with others is something that is capitalist.
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