Acid Horizon Baudrillard: The Hyperreality [or the Ecstasy] of Posting on Twitter (radio edit)
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Nov 16, 2022 AI Snips
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From Theatrical Subjectivity To Posting
- Baudrillard describes a shift from theatrical subjectivity to an "ecstasy of communication" driven by chance and narcissistic solitary expression.
- This anticipates social media dynamics where posting replaces meaningful interpersonal drama and fuels repetitive exchange.
Screens Reconfigure Subjectivity
- The TV and later mobile devices transformed subjectivity into an operator responding to screens and notifications.
- Private telematics turn daily actions into mediated interactions, creating solipsistic "astronaut" subjectivity.
Life As Exchangeable Data
- Social media reduces many activities to the commodity form by converting life into exchangeable data.
- Value now accrues as communicable data rather than traditional labor-based wealth in the imperial core.