The Post-​​Modern G20

There’s a famous anecdote from Baudrillard that illus­trates some of the fun­da­mentals of post­mod­ernism. A pilot returning from the first Iraq war is inter­viewed by a tele­vi­sion reporter and asked how he found the war. “I don’t know; I missed it” is the reply. He didn’t see it on TV, so it didn’t happen for him. The idea

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From Big Cats to Barthes

I’ve just been checking out Wikibooks, a project of the Wikimedia found­a­tion that aims to create free books. Like Wikipedia, anybody can con­tribute to the books either by adding new material or editing existing books. Those books that are complete or voted ‘good enough’ are also avail­able as PDF doc­u­ments and even print editions

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