The Benefits of Running

Baudrillard says we become indifferent to our surroundings, even to catastrophes. He sees running as a metaphor for the American self-centeredness and absence of interest in one's environment. The end of the world has two different meanings if we think about this quote from Baudrillard,. But then there is also the end of the social world because of the solitary nature of the activity of running.

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