tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889026769761133073.post1857126862654959077..comments2023-12-22T08:42:36.132+00:00Comments on Gaian Economics: The Hyperreality of London 2012Mollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12845612174674783187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889026769761133073.post-85457334447672780302012-08-13T22:47:56.160+01:002012-08-13T22:47:56.160+01:00You've read some Baudrillard. Well done.
You ...You've read some Baudrillard. Well done.<br /><br />You should have applied for tickets and seen how fucking virtual the prices were! Not very. <br /><br />Otherwise good work. Carry on...<br /><br /><br /><br />Mister Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889026769761133073.post-36203068422915967872012-08-12T15:37:06.818+01:002012-08-12T15:37:06.818+01:00good post. the chances of competing, given the res...good post. the chances of competing, given the resources needeed to reach the top level seems increasingly obstructive to those living outside of london, or not coming from a background which can support it. the lottery fund has done a great job of limiting this however. even so, a third of those competing for Britain were privately educated.<br /><br />one person who certainly is in the mould of Baudrillard, Foucalt etc is Chris Hedges. he is maybe not as deeply philosophical as those two and he focuses largely on US society, but given that theirs is the standard socio-economic model for much of the globalisation that those in power seek to promote today, his articles/books are worth the time. <br /><br />http://www.projectworldawareness.com/2010/09/american-psychosis-what-happens-to-a-society-that-cannot-distinguish-between-reality-and-illusion/<br /><br />http://billmoyers.com/segment/chris-hedges-on-capitalism%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98sacrifice-zones%E2%80%99/ronanpeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13375024006869462385noreply@blogger.com