“America is a giant hologram, in the sense that information concerning the whole is contained in each of its elements. Take the tiniest little place in the desert, any old street in a Midwestern town, a parking lot, a California house, a Burger King or a Studebaker, and you have the whole of the US — South, North, East, or West.”
— Jean Baudrillard, America
QOL: beauty, meaning and truth
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“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large — I contain multitudes.”
— Walt Whitman
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This is a great quote. Is the book as good?
I’m about halfway through right now. So far it’s wonderful. His observations are extremely penetrating even though this was written 27 years ago. Too many quotes to choose from.