"We have become terminally self-conscious. There is no such thing as simple entertainment. We watch..."

“We have become terminally self-conscious. There is no such thing as simple entertainment. We watch ourselves watching. We watch ourselves watching Beavis and Butthead, who are watching rock videos. Simply to watch without the buffer of irony in place, might reveal a fatal naivete”



- William Gibson, “The Net Is a Waste of Time.” (via aporiae)

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