That was why Kramer had informed them all about the existence of several specially burned nav wafers. Of course, they were forbidden by all sorts of contractual arrangements, but contracts could be forgotten after a few drinks in a bar. It was easier for women, but the men all wanted to brag about going back to the past. “The men also had more trouble keeping their work secret. Where nothing is untouched, where nothing is authentic.” The modern world is the corporate equivalent of a formal garden, where everything is planted and arranged for effect. But of course, nothing in the modern world is allowed to assume its own shape. Anything that exists for its own sake and assumes its own shape. Anything that is not controlled by corporations. And what is authentic? Anything that is not devised and structured to make a profit. Authenticity will be the buzzword of the twenty-first century. ‘This artifice will drive them to seek authenticity. They begin to realize that an amusement park is really a kind of jail, in which you pay to be an inmate. And what will they do when they tire of theme parks and planned thrills? Sooner or later, the artifice becomes too noticeable. “But where will this mania for entertainment end? What will people do when they get tired of television? When they get tired of movies? We already know the answer-they go into participatory activities: sports, theme parks, amusement rides, roller coasters.
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