In A World That Has Really Been

In Societies Where Modern Conditions Of Productions Prevail, All Of Life Presents Itself As An Immense Accumulation Of Spectacles. Everything That Was Directly Lived Has Moved Away Into Representation. The Images Detached From Every Aspect Of Life Fuse In A Common Stream In Which The Unity Of This Life Can No Longer Be Re-established. Reality Considered Partially Unfolds, In Its Own General Unity As A Pseudo-world Apart, An Object Of Mere Contemplation . . . The Spectacle Is Not A Collection Of Images, But A Social Relation Among People, Mediated By Images.

The Advertisements During Intermissions Are The Truest Reflection Of An Intermission From Life.

In Our Society Now, We Prefer To See Ourselves Living Than Living.

Among The Small Number Of Things That I Have Liked And Known How To Do Well, What I Have Assuredly Known How To Do Best Is Drink. Even Though I Have Read A Lot, I Have Drunk Even More. I Have Written Much Less Than Most People Who Write; But I Have Drunk Much More Than Most People Who Drink.

It Is Hardly Surprising That Children Should Enthusiastically Start Their Education At An Early Age With The Absolute Knowledge Of Computer Science; While They Are Unable To Read, For Reading Demands Making Judgments At Every Line. Conversation Is Almost Dead, And Soon So Too Will Be Those Who Knew How To Speak.