Remainder of the quote: “who, for Pascal, was the image of God because they enabled each person to have the world revolve around their own little self, as well as sharing the banality of their respective existences, extending it far beyond their immediate circle of relationships. YouTube is the other instrument of this cult, the idea that each and every person can make it their own – witness the countless legions of videos by perfect strangers who make a spectacle of themselves, dancing, singing or stripping for the camera.”
— François Jost, Le Culte du banal: de Duchamp à la téléréalité, (Paris: Editions CNRS Biblis, 2007), Preface, v.