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first issue june 2007 edition : 100 (out of print) distribution : melbourne, sydney, wagga wagga, newcastle, paris RIP Baudrillard an email exchange between geert lovink and mckenzie wark during the week following the death of jean baudrillard, which was distributed via the nettime.org list in early 2007. what is important here at this moment is to distinguish between the beauty of ideas and not to treat them as lifestyle guides. ideas alienate, disrupt, cool down and should not be elevated into a belief system (...) if the master refuses his pupils there can be two responses. we could read it as an arrogant gesture ... (or) we can see it as a vote of confidence. those who want to send their concepts on a far and uncertain journey instead of stay close to the source will find in baudrillard a tremendous source of (positive) energy... geert lovink |