- Technoculture
War in the Age of Intelligent Machines
Manuel De Landa and Computerized WarManuel De Landa and Computerized War
A year after Desert Storm, what images still grip the mind? The weeping jarhead, the Fourth of July over Baghdad, the charred traffic jam of retreat? For me, it is the blurry black-and-white roller-coaster ride the “smart bomb'“ took us on as it dived into the roof of its target. Not only did the clip merge the bomb’s p.o.v. with our own (a connection broken at the exact moment of real contact), but it communicated the creepy sense that the... - Quotes
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Terminal. What other journey, you might ask, begins at the end?
Terminal. What other journey, you might ask, begins at the end?
A year after Desert Storm, what images still grip the mind? The weeping jarhead, the Fourth of July over Baghdad, the charred traffic jam of retreat? For me, it is the blurry black-and-white roller-coaster ride the “smart bomb'“ took us on as it dived into the roof of its target. Not only did the clip merge the bomb’s p.o.v. with our own (a connection broken at the exact moment of real contact), but it communicated the creepy sense that the... - Quotes
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But what if the medium is the message?
But what if the medium is the message?
A year after Desert Storm, what images still grip the mind? The weeping jarhead, the Fourth of July over Baghdad, the charred traffic jam of retreat? For me, it is the blurry black-and-white roller-coaster ride the “smart bomb'“ took us on as it dived into the roof of its target. Not only did the clip merge the bomb’s p.o.v. with our own (a connection broken at the exact moment of real contact), but it communicated the creepy sense that the... - Quotes
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There is a difference between psychedelic experiences and psychedelic people
There is a difference between psychedelic experiences and psychedelic people
A year after Desert Storm, what images still grip the mind? The weeping jarhead, the Fourth of July over Baghdad, the charred traffic jam of retreat? For me, it is the blurry black-and-white roller-coaster ride the “smart bomb'“ took us on as it dived into the roof of its target. Not only did the clip merge the bomb’s p.o.v. with our own (a connection broken at the exact moment of real contact), but it communicated the creepy sense that the... - Quotes
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It is too close, too far-out, its sacred transmissions too muddled with the scandalous grit of its concrete historical unfoldment
It is too close, too far-out, its sacred transmissions too muddled with the scandalous grit of its concrete historical unfoldment
A year after Desert Storm, what images still grip the mind? The weeping jarhead, the Fourth of July over Baghdad, the charred traffic jam of retreat? For me, it is the blurry black-and-white roller-coaster ride the “smart bomb'“ took us on as it dived into the roof of its target. Not only did the clip merge the bomb’s p.o.v. with our own (a connection broken at the exact moment of real contact), but it communicated the creepy sense that the... - Religions and Spirits6 min
Televangelists Tune Into the End
National Religious Broadcasters convention during the first Gulf WarNational Religious Broadcasters convention during the first Gulf War
A year after Desert Storm, what images still grip the mind? The weeping jarhead, the Fourth of July over Baghdad, the charred traffic jam of retreat? For me, it is the blurry black-and-white roller-coaster ride the “smart bomb'“ took us on as it dived into the roof of its target. Not only did the clip merge the bomb’s p.o.v. with our own (a connection broken at the exact moment of real contact), but it communicated the creepy sense that the... - Quotes
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“Messages from beyond” are forms of information, and information is a trickster
“Messages from beyond” are forms of information, and information is a trickster
A year after Desert Storm, what images still grip the mind? The weeping jarhead, the Fourth of July over Baghdad, the charred traffic jam of retreat? For me, it is the blurry black-and-white roller-coaster ride the “smart bomb'“ took us on as it dived into the roof of its target. Not only did the clip merge the bomb’s p.o.v. with our own (a connection broken at the exact moment of real contact), but it communicated the creepy sense that the...