Examining digital technological innovation, Paul Virilio (1995) suggests that we may be experiencing a new and very different annihilation: the destruction of human interaction. He argues that the advent of the cyber world is distracting ou…Shanken, E. (2007). Telematic embrace: Visionary theories of art, technology, and consciousness by Roy Ascott. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Shannon, C. (1949). The mathematical theory of communication. In C. Shannon & W. Weave…
Paul Virilio
philosopher · 3 mentions across 2 readings
In this course
Virilio is a theorist of technological acceleration and its perceptual consequences, particularly concerned with how speed and digital mediation erode traditional human interaction and embodied experience. The course readings invoke him to argue against deterministic views of cybernetic systems—positioning him as a critical voice warning that distance from "regulated flows" is actually necessary for meaningful human agency and experience within technological environments. His work anchors the seminar's examination of how AI and digital systems reshape consciousness and social relations, rather than simply enhance them.
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