The body has a dimension of simulation. The learning process, for instance: when one learns how to drive a car or a van, once in the van, one feels completely lost. But then, once you have learnt how to drive, the whole van is in your body. It is integrated into your body.
Paul VirilioIf we turn to the war in Kosovo, what do we find? We find the manipulation of the audience's emotions by the mass media.
Paul VirilioTroops must be fed with ammunition and so on but also with information, with images, with visual intelligence. Without these elements troops cannot perform their duties properly. This is what is meant by the logistics of perception.
Paul VirilioToday, everything is about speed and real time. We are no longer concerned with real space.
Paul Virilio