'Cyberwar' has nothing to do with the destruction brought about by bombs and grenades and so on.
Paul VirilioFor me, then, territory and movement are linked. For instance, territory is controlled by the movements of horsemen, of tanks, of planes, and so on.
Paul VirilioThe field of vision is comparable, for me, to the terrain of an archaeological dig. To see is to be on guard, to wait for what emerges from the background, without any name, without any particular interest: what was silent will speak, what is closed will open and will take on a voice.
Paul VirilioIn a way, technologies have negated the transcendental God in order to invent the machine-God. However, these two gods raise similar questions.
Paul VirilioEven among the elite, in government circles, technological culture is somewhat deficient.
Paul VirilioIf you look at the Gulf War or new military technologies, they are moving towards cyberwars. Most video-technologies and technologies of simulation have been used for war. For example, video was created after the Second World War in order to radio-control planes and aircraft carriers. Thus video came with the war. It took twenty years before it became a means of expression for artists.
Paul Virilio