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Jonathan Crary- 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep

Critical Media Studies

CHAPTER

The Cynicism of Technology

"What you consume is the product of a technology. It is not the technology itself," he says. "We are the compliant subject who submits to all manner of biometric and surveillance intrusion ... We ingest toxic food and water and lives near nuclear reactors without complaint." He adds: "The absolute abdication of responsibility for living is indicated by the titles of the many best-selling guides that tell us with a grim fatality, the thousand movies to see before we die"

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