This is of course a hundred TV shows and movies talking as much as my direct impressions, but it’s like words and meanings have been left behind on the screen for the rest of the world for who, Hollywood spins narrative magic. The city itself is backstage of its own global brand.
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Went to Hollywood yesterday. The Walk of Fame is — and there’s no polite way to put it — incredibly tawdry. My wife told me it’s basically something you buy with PR dollars, not a great earned honor. It’s basically a big brother to Vegas, with better distribution for products.
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@bldgblog essay@kneelingbus shared yesterday hits the nail on the head wrt my immediate impressions.http://www.bldgblog.com/2007/10/greater-los-angeles/amp/?__twitter_impression=true …3 replies 1 retweet 13 likesShow this thread -
In many ways it feels like my head was meant to be in this space though I’m the opposite of sensate. I’m probably 100% ideational. Still, this landscape feels like the right backdrop for a lot of my thinking.
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Example: Divergentism, is a very LA type idea. People retreating from each other in an expanding social universe where they gradually lose the ability to connect.https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2015/12/01/can-you-hear-me-now/ …
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Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Maynard Handley
“No true Angelino”?
https://twitter.com/handleym99/status/1145877514834702337?s=21 …Venkatesh Rao added,
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Venkatesh Rao Retweeted Ian
Harmonizes with my impressions (I’ve been here as a resident for 3 days, but as a visitor have spent perhaps 10-12 days across 5-6 trips over 15 years... so not entirely a cold intro for me)https://twitter.com/neurovagrant/status/1145876730042675200?s=21 …
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I thought of getting more active on Instagram as a way to process LA as creative input, but I’m probably not sensate enough for that. It’ll have to be words. Whether twitter threads or an LA diary blogchain remains to be seen.
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I’ll close with initial sense of pros/cons: Pros: La dolce vita, most authentic (ironically) embodiment of postmodern human condition where authenticity is a not-even-wrong idea in funhouse mirror palace of simulation Cons: high powder-keg potential due to deep-rooted denialism
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@nils_gilman let’s do a berggruen podcast 
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Replying to @vgr @Timber_22
Let’s totally do a podcast (or series) on LA. I have a ton of thoughts on the matter, that I’ve been mulling for decades.
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