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The Information Bomb QUOTES

The Information Bomb QUOTES

1 " The fear of exposing one's private life gives way to the desire to "over-expose" it to every one. "

― Paul Virilio , The Information Bomb

2 " Since there was no longer a horizon towards which to rush, they would invent fake ones - substitute horizons. "

― Paul Virilio , The Information Bomb

3 " The true hero of the American utopia is neither the cowboy nor the soldier, but the pioneer, the pathfinder, the person who 'takes his body, where his eyes have been'. "

― Paul Virilio , The Information Bomb

4 " It is, in fact, impossible clearly to distinguish economic war from information war, since each involves the same hegemonic ambition of making commercial and military exchanges interactive "

― Paul Virilio , The Information Bomb

5 " The achievement of star status itself would seem to be based not on talent or good looks any more, but on the risks taken for the camera by a whole host of stuntmen brought in from the fairgrounds and circuses: trick riding, controlled falls, suspended accidents and suicidal exploits, leading, with the coming of 'live' transmission, to the 'confessional' TV programme, to the so-called reality show, which shades over, at the edges, into the snuff movie. "

― Paul Virilio , The Information Bomb