Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is killing us.

Quote by Jean Baudrillard

Topics: Life Quotes, Meaning Quotes

The sad thing about artificial intelligence is that it lacks artifice and therefore intelligence.

The sad thing about artificial intelligence is that it lacks artifice and therefore intelligence.

Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy. In...

Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy. In...

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

At the heart of pornography is sexuality haunted by its own disappearance

At the heart of pornography is sexuality haunted by its own disappearance

In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising...

In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising...

Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even...

Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even...

Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price.

Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price.

Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth.

Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth.

The order of the world is always right - such is the judgment of God....

The order of the world is always right - such is the judgment of God....

Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price

Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price

At male strip shows, it is still the women that we watch, the audience of...

At male strip shows, it is still the women that we watch, the audience of...

Santa Barbara is a paradise; Disneyland is a paradise; the U.S. is a paradise. Paradise...

Santa Barbara is a paradise; Disneyland is a paradise; the U.S. is a paradise. Paradise...

Television knows no night. It is perpetual day. TV embodies our fear of the dark,...

Television knows no night. It is perpetual day. TV embodies our fear of the dark,...

Democracy is the menopause of Western society, the Grand Climacteric of the body social. Fascism...

Democracy is the menopause of Western society, the Grand Climacteric of the body social. Fascism...

I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare...

I hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare...

The sumptuous age of stars and images is reduced to a few artificial tornado effects,...

The sumptuous age of stars and images is reduced to a few artificial tornado effects,...

What you have to do is enter the fiction of America, enter America as fiction....

What you have to do is enter the fiction of America, enter America as fiction....

Sadder than destitution, sadder than a beggar is the man who eats alone in public....

Sadder than destitution, sadder than a beggar is the man who eats alone in public....

An overripe banana, yellow outside, squishy in

An overripe banana, yellow outside, squishy in

To the goggling unbeliever Texans say - as people always say about their mangier dishes...

To the goggling unbeliever Texans say - as people always say about their mangier dishes...

Sadness does not inhere in things; it does not reach us from the world and...

Sadness does not inhere in things; it does not reach us from the world and...