France and Germany were opposed to a maritime blockade of the Adriatic Sea without a mandate from the United Nations (UN). So, what we witnessed in Kosovo was an extraordinary war, a war waged solely with bombs from the air.
Paul VirilioToday, everything is about speed and real time. We are no longer concerned with real space.
Paul VirilioBecause Man is God, and God is Man, the world is nothing but the world of Man - or Woman.
Paul VirilioThe simulator is an object in itself, which is different from televison and leads to cyberspace.
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 Virilio