Writer and political activist Paul Virilio makes a passionate critique of information technology and the global media. OPEN SKY is a call for revolt against the insidious manipulation of perception by the electronic media and the infantilism of cyberhype. Virilio pleads for a new ethics of perception and a new ecology, to protect not only the natural world, but also the urban community.
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Writer and political activist Paul Virilio makes a passionate critique of information technology and the global media. OPEN SKY is a call for revolt against the insidious manipulation of perception by the electronic media and the infantilism of cyberhype. Virilio pleads for a new ethics of perception and a new ecology, to protect not only the natural world, but also the urban community.
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Open Sky by Paul Virilio is an insightful and cautionary analysis of the impact of computer technology on human culture. If you are not used to reading academic philosophy, you might find this book hard going at first; but once you get used to the rhythm of the language and arcane vocabulary, the light bulbs will flash on almost every page. My favorite insights include the concept that we are becoming like quadriplegics who, trapped in their automated chairs, are equipped to manipulate their environment with small movements of a finger or chin. Virilio points out that we are more and more becoming like those quadriplegics when we interact with and control the world through computer screen, keyboard, and mouse. Another idea he explores at length is the modern (post modern?) foreshortening of distance. Whereas we used to embark, travel, and arrive, nowadays, through the facility of the internet, we simply arrive. Journeys are becoming instantaneous and this phenomenon is affecting our perception of the horizon, shrinking to a 15" screen. Virilio ends with a wild science fiction notion that real skin on skin sexual relationships will be replaced with virtual encounters and the whole of human sexuality and the family will be altered. I'm not sure that I go all the way with him there, but with teenagers today addicted to WOW and other virtual interactive games, we may not be far away from Virilio's nightmare.
