Possession of territory is not primarily about laws and contracts, but first and foremost a matter of movement and circulation.

In a way, technologies have negated the transcendental God in order to invent the machine-God. However, these two gods raise similar questions.

From the original watchtower through the anchored balloon to the reconnaissance aircraft and remote sensing-satellites, one and the same function has been indefinitely repeated, the eye's function being the function of a weapon.

Television was first conceived to be used as some kind of telescope, not for broadcasting. Originally, Sworkin, the inventor of television, wanted to settle cameras on rockets so that it would be possible to watch the sky.

Today, the media handle information as if it was a religious artefact.

As I have been arguing for a long time now, there is a real need not simply for a political economy of wealth but also for a political economy of speed.

When you invent the ship, you also invent the shipwreck; when you invent the plane you also invent the plane crash; and when you invent electricity, you invent electrocution...Every technology carries its own negativity, which is invented at the same time as technical progress.