"When the real world is transformed into mere images, mere images become real beings — dynamic figments that provide the direct motivations for a hypnotic behavior. Since the spectacle’s job is to use various specialized mediations in order to show us a world that can no longer be directly grasped, it naturally elevates the sense of sight to the special preeminence once occupied by touch: the most abstract and easily deceived sense is the most readily adaptable to the generalized abstraction of present-day society. But the spectacle is not merely a matter of images, nor even of images plus sounds. It is whatever escapes people’s activity, whatever eludes their practical reconsideration and correction. It is the opposite of dialogue. Wherever representation becomes independent, the spectacle regenerates itself." - Guy Debord
this aphorism really made think of society's obsession with the lives of rich/famous people with whom they have had absolutely no real experiences. because people are constantly bombarded with images of celebrities, they start to feel that they actually know them. "it is the opposite of dialogue" because it is a completely one-sided relationship. the spectacles (the celebrities in magazines and such) do not know anything about any of the people who know the intimate details of their lives through photos and interviews. guy debord makes a sound point when in reference to this spectacle.
