Writing is not possible without images. Yet, images don't have to be descriptive; they can be concepts.
Paul Virilio'Cyberwar' has nothing to do with the destruction brought about by bombs and grenades and so on.
Paul VirilioFor example, we have developed an artistic and a literary culture. Nevertheless, the ideals of technological culture remain underdeveloped and therefore outside of popular culture and the practical ideals of democracy.
Paul VirilioThe Gulf War may not have occurred in the actual global space, but it did occur in global time. And this thanks to CNN and The Pentagon.
Paul VirilioMany people question their religious identity today, not necessarily by thinking of converting to Judaism or to Islam: it's just that technologies seriously challenge the status of the human being. All technologies converge toward the same spot, they all lead to a Deus ex Machina, a machine-God.
Paul Virilio