Alex Bennett
Mar 15, 2024

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Thank you for introducing Debord's thought. Our attraction to spectacle is arguably a threat to civilization. It seems like a vicious circle. People are drawn to spectacle, in itself natural and human, not a problem in itself. But media is pervasive, and media is drink by clicks. So the media responds to our desire for spectacle and gives us more and more. This drowns out other more important content. So the media is increasingly nothing but spectacle. So people get habituated to it, see it as the world, and don't have the attention span or interest to look for anything else. Spectacle has hardly any real content, so without important content, humanity loses its ability to think.

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Alex Bennett
Alex Bennett

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My goal on Medium has been to publish “Truth Units.” It took 1.5 years. I hope you read it. New articles will respond in-depth to your questions and critiques.

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