Presuming itself unlikely to be read, Cured Quail is a journal of critical theory that examines the aesthetic, social and conceptual prevalence of illiteracy.
"No rewards are too remote for one who prepares for them with patience." (La Bruyère)
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Die Gesellschaft des Spektakels spottet, die ihre Absicht nicht verbergen muss: die Menschen auf einem mit sozialer Zufriedenheit gepflasterten Weg ins Verderben zu ziehen. Es ist das Unwahre einer Welt, dessen Monstrosität wahr geworden ist.
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“[O]ne must be very careful with the concept of autonomous art; it’s a lesser evil in a radically false world, and its truth content is falsified if it is taken to be true in itself. Art should not be confused with the light of utopia that once fell on it” @totalcritique
Imagine visiting a library where all the books had been replaced by high-schoolers’ book reports and then the next day finding only summaries of those reports written by raccoons.
“The world is dumber, and we all know it,” Lane Brown writes. It’s not just that children have been bombing their standardized tests or that more than a quarter of U.S. adults now read at the lowest proficiency level. It’s also that in nearly all aspects of life, we’re opting for routines, entertainment, and entire belief systems that ask less and less of our brains. For our Cover Story, Brown writes about our recent cognitive diminishment — and proposes a counter-intuitive theory of what’s causing it: https://t.co/FJLqZ8AtRz
« Le Secret, c'est de tout dire ! » https://t.co/hQaF4J4RHt
« Quand j’ai l’occasion de jeter la première pierre sur ceux qui détiennent le pouvoir, je m’offre sans hésiter ce plaisir, en visant de préférence la tête. »
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Deprived of the truth of mourning, the aggressive mandate to do so anyway under the spectacular and concentrated forces of state and economy within their regime of publicity and clickbait ethos can only be false.
📵Antifada LIVE: Platforms of Proletarianization🚫⏰
Audio from our live event! A panel about the way social media and technology effect our day to day lives and our future as a species with @CuredQuail and Clocked Out Magazine
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🚨LIVE EVENT🚨
Join @CuredQuail 🪿, @baseprole 🦝, and Clocked Out ⏱️ Magazine Friday, August 8 at @woodbinenyc for a critical discussion of digital alienation and human obsolescence
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🚨LIVE EVENT🚨
Join @CuredQuail 🪿, @baseprole 🦝, and Clocked Out ⏱️ Magazine Friday, August 8 at @woodbinenyc for a critical discussion of digital alienation and human obsolescence
more info: https://t.co/3vZvDAWLA2
it was clear to both of us that one of the main obstacles preventing access to a new politics was precisely the remnants of the Marxist parties (not of Marx!) and the labor movement, unwitting accomplices (the former knowingly) of the enemy they believed they were fighting.
"In any case, it was clear to both of us that one of the main obstacles preventing access to a new politics was precisely the remnants of the Marxist parties (not of Marx!) and the labor movement, unwitting accomplices (the former knowingly) of the enemy they believed they were fighting."