The World as a TV Show

I have often said to myself that I would pay no attention to any more stories about Trump. But this was impossible.

In the Washington Post this morning, in the story about his visit to North Korea, I read "He often thinks of himself as a Director and Producer." It doesn't have to say "of his own TV show." And it doesn't have to say "And he is the most important actor in it!:"

We all know the importance of actors and actresses. We should be noticing the people who run the show. But instead, we notice the actors on the stage, who are just hired hands. Because they are the most visible. We are more interested in Appearances than Reality.

And the dominant Appearance now is the Magic Screen on which you are reading this. It is no longer a Movie screen or anything like it. But we do not notice the difference. It looks real, so it must be real.

And we must be like it. Entirely artificial.