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As I said back in 1984, the idea of logistics is not only about oil, about ammunitions and supplies but also about images.
Paul Virilio
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Paul Virilio
Age: 86 †
Born: 1932
Born: January 4
Died: 2018
Died: September 10
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I believe that philosophy is part of literature, and not the reverse.
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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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In a way, technologies have negated the transcendental God in order to invent the machine-God. However, these two gods raise similar questions.
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Despite the economic disaster that is Russia, there are still air shows taking place in the country.
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I don't believe in simulationism, I believe that the word is already old-fashioned. As I see it, new technologies are substituting a virtual reality for an actual reality. And this is more than a phase: it's a definite change.
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