The Information Bomb Quotes

“Since there was no longer a horizon towards which to rush, they would invent fake ones - substitute horizons.”
― Paul Virilio, The Information Bomb

“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

“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

“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

“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