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Speed now illuminates reality whereas light once gave objects of the world their shape.


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The speed of light does not merely transform the world. It becomes the world. Globalization is the speed of light.

The speed of light does not merely transform the world. It becomes the world. Globalization is the speed of light.



Science, which is not so attached to 'truth' as it once was, but more to immediate 'effectiveness', is now drifting towards a decline, it's civic fall from grace.

Science, which is not so attached to 'truth' as it once was, but more to immediate 'effectiveness', is now drifting towards a decline, it's civic fall from grace.



There are eyes everywhere. No blind spot left. What shall we dream of when everything becomes visible? We'll dream of being blind.

There are eyes everywhere. No blind spot left. What shall we dream of when everything becomes visible? We'll dream of being blind.



Digital messages and images matter less than their instantaneous delivery; the shock effect always wins out over the consideration of the informational content.

Digital messages and images matter less than their instantaneous delivery; the shock effect always wins out over the consideration of the informational content.



The invention of the ship was also the invention of the shipwreck.

The invention of the ship was also the invention of the shipwreck.



To regain our liberty (and our distance), we must slow the images down.

To regain our liberty (and our distance), we must slow the images down.



How can we live if there is no more here and everything is now?

How can we live if there is no more here and everything is now?


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Images contaminate us like viruses.

Images contaminate us like viruses.



Today, everything is about speed and real time. We are no longer concerned with real space.

Today, everything is about speed and real time. We are no longer concerned with real space.



Virtuality will destroy reality.

Virtuality will destroy reality.





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My greatest hope is that we transcend the most fearful thing, which is that we are rapidly degrading the ecological systems on this planet that support everything we are doing and all life on it.

My greatest hope is that we transcend the most fearful thing, which is that we are rapidly degrading the ecological systems on this planet that support everything we are doing and all life on it.



With monochrome painting... the idiosyncrasy of the work, its difference, its expression, lies in shape.

With monochrome painting... the idiosyncrasy of the work, its difference, its expression, lies in shape.



Ask your angel to console and assist you in your last moments.

Ask your angel to console and assist you in your last moments.



I don't have a plan for a story when I sit down to write. I would get quite bored carrying it out.

I don't have a plan for a story when I sit down to write. I would get quite bored carrying it out.



Where there are no distinctions there can be no superiority; perfect equality affords no temptation.

Where there are no distinctions there can be no superiority; perfect equality affords no temptation.




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