The Machine Will Never Triumph, part four

Media Simulacra

Media Simulacra

Technology in the modern world takes many forms, one of the most pervasive being media. There, likely, isn’t a single person alive today who has not been exposed to modern media in some way, shape, or form. Modern media is a simulacrum of that which is real. Since, ultimately, only the real matters, radio, television, film, not to mention video games, should be avoided. Despite living at the incipient stage of modern media, Lawrence saw the dangers it presented very clearly.