CSCT 3D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Salary, 3D Film

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Cultural Studies and Critical Theory
• Course: CSCT 3D03
• Professor: Philip Savage

Document Summary

He is dangerous and is in danger (cid:498)we can remember it for you wholesale(cid:499), philip k. dick. The guy on the cover looks like arnold schwarzenegger. Quail is a no- body that he thinks himself despicable (worker self) Quail as the agent is an assassin-> hired by the government memories of mars (has memories implanted into his mind) (cid:498)a miserable little salaried employee(cid:499), pg. He can(cid:495)t afford a trip to mars, but he can afford a cluster of false. The technology gives you memories that you can(cid:495)t forget-> if (cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:888)(cid:882)(cid:495)s middle class gender roles-> man works, woman stays at home. Note how the author sets fantasy against reality; technology strengthens corporations exploiting human vulnerability- a need for escape from their lives- and a repressive political regime engages in technological mental surveillance and assassinations. People are deeply invested in, and encourage, to seek personal importance, power, you went there you would eventually forget.