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.

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.

There is a buddhist proverb which I like a lot. It says: "Every body deserves mercy". That means that every body is holy.

The body is not simply the combination of dance, muscles, body-building, strength and sex: it is a universe.

The territorial body has been polluted by roads, elevators, etc. Similarly, our animal body starts being polluted. Ecology no longer deals with water, flora, wildlife and air only. It deals with the body itself as well. It is comparable with an invasion: technology is invading our body because of miniaturisation.

The research on cyberspace is a quest for God. To be God. To be here and there.

The globally constituted accident can be compared to what people who work at the stock exchange call 'systemic risk'.