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Thus the media are producers not of socialization, but of exactly the opposite, of the implosion of the social in the masses. And this is only the macroscopic extension of the implosion of meaning at the microscopic level of the sign. This implosion should be analyzed according to McLuhan’s formula, the medium is the message, the consequences of which have yet to be exhausted.
This means that all contents of meaning are absorbed in the only dominant form of the medium. Only the medium can make
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― Simulacra and Simulation
― Simulacra and Simulation
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People today are in danger of drowning in information; but, because they have been taught that information is useful, they are more willing to drown than they need be.
If they could handle information, they would not have to drown at all.
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― Reflections
― Reflections
