Intellectual Decline in the Information Age
The problem is not that we lack information, but that we are drowning in it. We need meaning, not more data.
Slavoj Žižek
Slovenian philosopher, psychoanalyst and public intellectual known for his critique of ideology and politics
All moments: Slavoj Žižek
- Soft Fascism in the Age of Shamelessness — Slavoj Žižek
The true enemy of freedom is not a tyrant, but indifference. When people stop caring about truth, totalitarianism becomes possible.
- AI as Subject, Not Object — Slavoj Žižek
The problem is not that AI will become conscious, but that we will become unconscious.
- Salvation Through Catastrophe — Slavoj Žižek
We need a radical change in how we think, not just how we act. The system itself is the problem.
- Ideology, the Pandemic and Capitalism — Slavoj Žižek
The pandemic revealed that the gap between the rich and the poor is not just economic - it's existential.
- Philosophy in Crisis — Slavoj Žižek
We don't have a problem with meaning; we have a problem with too many meanings competing for our attention.
- Ideology in Everyday Life — Slavoj Žižek
The most effective ideology is not the one imposed from above, but the one that makes us believe we are free.
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