“There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room. It is even stranger than a man talking to himself or a woman standing dreaming at her stove. It is as if another planet is communicating with you.”

—  Jean Baudrillard

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French sociologist and philosopher 1929–2007

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