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Paul Virilio's "Open Sky"

Theory & Philosophy

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The Breaking Point of Reality

Verilio: A kind of natural space that we're assuming is a good thing, has a breaking point. And this speed doesn't necessarily disturb our relationship to space. So I think that what Verilio was getting at here is almost like a movement beyond that where we just don't have a connection to either space nor time in a way that it can be grasped. We're kind of left in a state of suspension and without that ability to ground ourselves, then I think that this is when we risk ushering in various bad thingsrisk ushering in.

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