“Life is like walking through snow: every step shows.” ShowsLife IsStepsMediaWalkingEthicsSnowLife Is LikeEvery Step Author:Jess Lair
“American culture is no longer created by the people... A free, authentic life is no longer possible in AmericaTM today. We are being manipulated in the most insidious way. Our emotions, personalities and core values are under siege from media and cultural forces too complex to decode. A continuous product message has woven itself into the very fabric of our existence. Most North Americans now live designer lives-sleep, eat, sit in car, work, shop, watch TV, sleep again. I doubt there's more than a handful of free, spontaneous minutes anywhere in that cycle. We ourselves have been branded.” PeopleWayHas BeensTodayLife IsValuesCultureForceSleepEmotionExistenceWatchesDoubtMinutesMediaCarTvsProductsPersonalityMessagesComplexesCoreDesignerShopsCyclesFabricConsumerismSpontaneousHandfulAmerican CultureWovenOverconsumptionInsidiousCore ValuesSiegeBrandedAuthentic LifeUnder Siege Author:Kalle Lasn
“If you can pinpoint the moments in social media that are really negative experiences, those are the ones you can cut out. And when you do, you recognize how much better your life is.” IfsMomentsLife IsSocialCuttingMediaNegativeSocial MediaNegative Experiences Author:Kim Stolz
“Life is a process which may be abstracted from other media.” MayLife IsProcessMediaInternetFree Speech Author:John von Neumann
“We live in a media soup and are constantly being programmed or are fighting that programming. Thus any truthful account of a life, every part of a life, is about society as well as an individual.” WellsLife IsFightingIndividualMediaAccountsProgrammingTruthfulSoup Author:Marge Piercy