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<i><span style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;font-family:sans-serif">&quot; In his analysis of the spectacular society, Debord notes that quality of life is impoverished,</span><sup style="line-height:1em;font-family:sans-serif"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_of_the_Spectacle#cite_note-7" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(11,0,128);text-decoration:initial;background-image:none;white-space:nowrap">[7]</a></sup><span style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;font-family:sans-serif">�with such lack of authenticity,�</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_perception" title="Human perception" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(11,0,128);line-height:19.200000762939453px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:initial;background-image:none">human perceptions</a><span style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;font-family:sans-serif">�are affected, and there&#39;s also a degradation of knowledge, with the hindering of�</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_thought" title="Critical thought" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(11,0,128);line-height:19.200000762939453px;font-family:sans-serif;text-decoration:initial;background-image:none">critical thought</a><span style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;font-family:sans-serif">. &quot;</span></i></div>
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