Watch the map become the territory

by viveka

Sat Nov 13 1999 at 10:22:19

In the olden days, when there was a clear distinction between the signifier and the signified, the map was not the territory (see also general semantics).
These days, places (like everything) can be made out of the immaterial, so that distinction is now becoming moot.
This is a fun time to be alive.

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