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chloé happe's avatar

great piece. kindles are book object erasure!

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JohnMcDonald's avatar

There’s an interesting counter-signal to Kindles, it’s like saying, “I don’t read books to show off how smart and cultured I am. I have this non-descript utilitarian reading device because I read purely for the content itself. (because I’m just that smart and cultured.)”

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andrei's avatar

the book as a consumer object, where sign value > use value

lets not single books out, this is the case for the whole of consumer society

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Lucca's avatar

Read this on my lunch break, all of it so fire

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i.cramée's avatar

We need substack-blog-ojbects

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