ZIZ010 Materialism and Theology (2007)
Slavoj Žižek - Collected Recordings
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The Strangeness of the Zero in Hotels
In Europe, start with zero. The ground level is zero. And then one, two. Americans think you can start with one. You don't need the zero,. It always surprises me in American hotels. That in hotels which have more than 13 floors, the 13 floor does its 12 and 14. Why? Because whenever I come to this, ask my American friends, but wait a minute, who are you cheating? God knows that your 14 is really 13. No? But it's kind of a subject to this idealism. So OK, which of these solutions is then the right one? None of them.
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