Lost Futures: S2E2: "What if you held a protest and everyone came?"
Lost Futures: A Mark Fisher Podcast
The Dystopia of Passive Consumption and Mediated Reality
This chapter critiques modern consumerism and the influence of technology on our relationship with advertisements and societal control. Through philosophical insights from Jean Baudrillard, it warns against a dystopian future of passive consumers absorbed by screens, highlighting the risks of a mediated existence lacking genuine interaction.
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