The body is not simply the combination of dance, muscles, body-building, strength and sex: it is a universe.
Paul VirilioDigital messages and images matter less than their instantaneous delivery; the shock effect always wins out over the consideration of the informational content.
Paul VirilioThe ideals of technological culture remain underdeveloped and therefore outside of popular culture and the practical ideals of democracy. This is also why society as a whole has no control over technological developments. And this is one of the gravest threats to democracy in the near future. It is, then, imperative to develop a democratic technological culture.
Paul VirilioTelevision exposes the world to the accident. The world is exposed to accidents through television.
Paul VirilioI could give examples of cabinet ministers, including defence ministers, who have no technological culture at all. In other words, what I am suggesting is that the hype generated by the publicity around the Internet and so on is not counter balanced by a political intelligence that is based on a technological culture.
Paul Virilio