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.)”
great piece. kindles are book object erasure!
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.)”
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
Read this on my lunch break, all of it so fire
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/25/harvey-weinstein-books-something-wonderful-elia-kazan
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