Thought provoking quotes from Jean Baudrillard, a French philosopher and sociologist.
We are moving toward a full blown world/society which exists within an illusion and where people no longer recognize what is real and or true.
So many people find huge fault with the current system and many of us actually fear what the future holds. Yet when presented with the opportunity to speak up, to share information and shine light on the truth, most inevitably refuse to act and whether consciously or unconsciously wind up defending the corruption and the system they claim to loathe.
It’s really sad what humanity has regressed into and how so many people know what is moral and righteous but refuse to defend it. We have become a nation of cowards and phonies who are afraid to rock the boat or do what is necessary to change things for the better.
The sad thing about artificial intelligence is that it lacks artifice and therefore intelligence. Jean Baudrillard
But what if God himself can be simulated, that is to say can be reduced to signs that constitute faith? Then the whole system becomes weightless, it is no longer anything but a gigantic simulacrum - not unreal, but simulacrum, that is to say never exchanged for the real, but exchanged for itself, in an uninterrupted circuit without reference or circumference. Jean Baudrillard
The day the world ends, no one will be there, just as no one was there when it began. This is a scandal. Such a scandal for the human race that it is indeed capable collectively, out of spite, of hastening the end of the world by all means just so it can enjoy the show. Jean Baudrillard
We are no longer in a state of growth; we are in a state of excess. We are living in a society of excrescence. The boil is growing out of control, recklessly at cross purposes with itself, its impacts multiplying as the causes disintegrate. Jean Baudrillard
Information can tell us everything. It has all the answers. But they are answers to questions we have not asked, and which doubtless don't even arise. Jean Baudrillard
With the truth, you need to get rid of it as soon as possible and pass it on to someone else. As with illness, this is the only way to be cured of it. The person who keeps truth in his hands has lost. Jean Baudrillard
