Paul Virilio Quotes on Knowledge
Paul Virilio was a French philosopher, urbanist, and cultural theorist whose work made speed the central category of contemporary politics. This page collects quotes attributed to Paul Virilio on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“When you invent the ship, you also invent the shipwreck.”
Politics of the Very Worst , New York: Semiotext(e), 1999, p. 89 -
“Every technology carries its own negativity, invented at the same time as technical progress.”
Politics of the Very Worst , New York: Semiotext(e), 1999, p. 89 -
“Wealth is the hidden side of speed and speed the hidden side of wealth.”
Pure War . New York, NY, U.S.A.: Semiotext(e), 1983. p. 30 -
“The thing about collaborators is that you don’t know you are one whereas as a member of the resistance, you do. [In WWII,] the worst cases of collaboration weren’t among the real collaborators, that official militia, but among the people at large, who were collaborators without knowing it, by a sort of laxity, an apathy.”
Pure War (2008), p. 183