You are born modern, you do not become so.

Quote by Jean Baudrillard

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Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are...

Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are...

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,...

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

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

We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in...

We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in...

The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it,...

The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it,...

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.

The day the world ends, no one will be there, just as no one was...

The day the world ends, no one will be there, just as no one was...

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...

Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.

Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment.

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...

We shall never resolve the enigma of the relation between the negative foundations of greatness...

We shall never resolve the enigma of the relation between the negative foundations of greatness...

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,...

There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room....

There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room....

Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible....

Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible....

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

There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for...

There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for...

Never resist a sentence you like, in which language takes its own pleasure and in...

Never resist a sentence you like, in which language takes its own pleasure and in...

The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up...

The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up...

Driving is a spectacular form of amnesia. Everything is to be discovered, everything to be...

Driving is a spectacular form of amnesia. Everything is to be discovered, everything to be...

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.

A negative judgment gives you more satisfaction than praise, provided it smacks of jealousy.