what is important here at this moment is to distinguish between the beauty of ideas and not to treat them as lifestyle guides. Ideas alienate, disrupt, cool down and should not be elevated into a belief system
 
(...)
 
if the master refuses his pupils there can be two responses. we could read it as an arrogant gesture ... (or) we can see it as a vote of confidence. those who want to send their concepts on a far and uncertain journey instead of stay close to the source will find in baudrillard a tremendous source of (positive) energy...
 
geert lovink

radical sadness is a free occasional zine based around a reprint of a difficult or impossible to get text. it is made in wagga wagga australia using whatever materials happen to be lying around at the time.
 
i make the zine because i think the text is interesting, and because i didn't think the copyright holders would mind.
 
if they do, then i guess i can take the text off line and stop distributing that issue of the zine. and/or say that i am sorry even though it's not really true.

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volume 1 issue 1 (june 2007) edition : 100
distribution : melbourne sydney wagga wagga newcastle paris
 
features an email exchange between geert lovink and mckenzie wark during the week following the death of jean baudrillard, which was distributed via the nettime.org list in early 2007.
 
in this case i also published the text online on the doubt2.org wiki to initiate a discussion about it, especially on the idea of radical sadness. if you want to read the discussion or join in go there.