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“The Precession of Simulacra” by Jean Baudrillard, Translated from English into American
“The Precession of Simulacra” by Jean Baudrillard, Translated from English into American dropouthangoutspaceout: dropouthangoutspaceout: Precession of Simulacra You think you understand the fucking real, man? Try this shit on for size: “The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth—it is the truth which conceals that there is none. The simulacrum is true.”Ecclesiastes BOOM. Fucking…
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New Visual Proportions for the iOS User Interface
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Ask yourself: Why is it so vital that I be smoothened? There’s no functional advantage to eliminating clothing wrinkles—unless you are competing in a timed event that favors reduced drag coefficients. What you’re really doing when you leave your house in ironed clothes is engaging in an elaborate signaling ritual. You demonstrate that you have…
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99% Invisible: Episode 64- Derelict Dome
99% Invisible: Episode 64- Derelict Dome 99percentinvisible: In the Cape Cod town of Woods Hole, buildings do not usually look like this: (Credit: Will Coley) Producer Katie Klocksin was pretty surprised when she came across it. She found a way inside. (Credit: JP Davidson) Katie started asking around about the Dome. She found it was…