Jean Baudrillard, the french postmodern philosopher who's work explored the "blurring lines between simulation and reality" died on Tuesday.
here's the story:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7761639
The story focus is on his influence on the Matrix movies, which lifted heavily from his work.
In the years since he first published his work, virtual reality technology has developed, giving form to his theories. The article says that, despite the Matrix movies, he felt that the best illustration of his theories in real life was Disneyland.
This seems like really dense stuff and I am intrigued, so, of course, I have to Wikipedia him now.
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