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Episode #124 ... Simulacra and Simulation

Philosophize This!

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How Do We Understand Our Reality?

Baudriard: We live in a fragmented, disconnected society that has become absolutely obsessed with mass consumerism and visual images. He says we understand our reality only in terms of how it compares to what's playing out on the screens in our lives. Baudriard thinks most people have become completely and utterly disconnected from anything real.

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