Uploaded August 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Valkyrist.wordpress.com — This is a series of summaries and notes I compiled while reading Jean Baudrillard's 1981 book SIMULACRA AND SIMULATION. It examines his theory of the "hyperreal" and how it manifests in society's relationship to art, movies, mass media, advertising, education, architecture, technology, and language.

Read the FULL TRANSCRIPT here (including citations): valkyrist.wordpress.com/2018/08/24/jean-baudrillards-simulacra-and-simulation-notes-reflections