"the spectacle is SO spectacular!"
Received the following rant via a mailinglist. I have no idea what the author is talking about, but whomever wrote it is henceforth an honorary scientist at the labs:
It has to be. It has to be utterly compelling. Anything less and it could not obscure the truth!
Now here is something you might not know: Appreciating the sunset is the spectacle!
It seems so natural sitting with friends on a yacht a mile offshore drinking beer and swaying with the ocean as a picturesque sunset decends in the west. "Oh look at the sun!" she says, and you all do, admiring nature.
I'm sure it's happened to all of you, and you probably felt quite good about it too, huh?. Welp, guess what! YOU'RE NOT A SITUATIONIST.
Indeed, to see anything, let alone to admire unique beauty, you must do so through the mediation of the spectacle. Anything less, and it wouldnt be "it" that you are admiring!
Our only question: Is the author of this manifesto old enough to drink beer on that yacht?
