I don't believe in simulationism, I believe that the word is already old-fashioned. As I see it, new technologies are substituting a virtual reality for an actual reality. And this is more than a phase: it's a definite change.
Paul VirilioFor the time being, technologies are colonizing our body through implants. We started with human implants, but research leads us to microtechnological implants.
Paul VirilioWhat will prevail is this will to reduce the world to the point where one could possess it. All military technologies reduce the world to nothing. And since military technologies are advanced technologies, what they actually sketch today is the future of the civil realm.
Paul VirilioFor me, Sun Tzu's statement that military force is based upon deception is an extraordinary statement.
Paul Virilio