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Paul Virilio's "Open Sky"

Theory & Philosophy

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The Importance of Representation Through the Media

Virilio asks if we are bombarded with mediated images through our various technologies, to what extent or is it possible that our brains will then become wired to only ever look for those types of images? And that for him is obviously presents a problem. If we can only look at them through these kind of mediate, mediated forms, like one example would be like Tinder replacing, you know, dating. It's interesting to think about whether or not there is a point when we have to dial it back and say, okay. Maybe we have to rethink this whole culture around TV and porn and Instagram and all this type of stuff.

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