What 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 VirilioAs I said back in 1984, the idea of logistics is not only about oil, about ammunitions and supplies but also about images.
Paul VirilioNowadays, the tragedy of war is mediated through technology. It is no longer mediated through a human being with moral responsibilities.
Paul VirilioThere is a buddhist proverb which I like a lot. It says: "Every body deserves mercy". That means that every body is holy.
Paul VirilioThus my research on dromology, on the logic and impact of speed, necessarily implies the study of the organisation of territory.
Paul VirilioI repeat what I suggest in my book [ Strategie de la deception]. The first deterrence, nuclear deterrence, is presently being superseded by the second deterrence: a type of deterrence based on what I call 'the information bomb' associated with the new weaponry of information and communications technologies.
Paul Virilio