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I pursue through my research on speed and on my study of the organisation of the revolution of the means of transportation.
Paul Virilio
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Paul Virilio
Age: 86 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 4
Died: 2018
Died: September 10
Architect
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The research on cyberspace is a quest for God. To be God. To be here and there.
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For me, the Asian financial crisis of 1998 and the war in Kosovo in 1999 are the prelude to the integral accident.
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Resistance is always possible! But we must engage in resistance first of all by developing the idea of a technological culture.
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The 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.
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The globally constituted accident can be compared to what people who work at the stock exchange call 'systemic risk'.
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