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The end of boredom and the last adult

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Capitalism gave people time to be bored and then net-borne infantilism came along and cured them. Lots of problems with that–ennui, the lack of a particular signifier doesn’t mean the signified didn’t exist, the decline starting before the web takes o…

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The end of boredom and the last adult

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Capitalism gave people time to be bored and then net-borne infantilism came along and cured them. Lots of problems with that–ennui, the lack of a particular signifier doesn’t mean the signified didn’t exist, the decline starting before the web takes o…

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Posted in Francis Fukuyama, The End of History and the Last Man, boredom, ennui, history of boredom, time | No Comments »