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I love the term. It has clarity, and also hints of self-mockery.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacra_and_Simulation



If I have to start reading Heidegger again just to understand what my database is doing I will be seriously freaked out.

I am fairly sure that Jaques Derrida is an alias for __why_the_lucky_stiff.


They disappeared off the face of the earth about 5 years apart, but other than that, I can't tell too much of a difference. :)




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