The Virilio article was pretty interesting in that he concisely outlines the problem at hand, and does so in a direct and comprehensible manner; exactly what is needed to begin any sort of resistance. First and foremost we must develop a political economy responsive to this real-time technological culture. This requires a democratic technological culture, one we are far far far away from. Surprisingly, this article revealed just how little our "state representatives" know about their contingents, let alone their environment in general. This blatantly exposes the disorganized and confused state of our government. It's the largest threat to its existence and is seemingly insignificant.
In order for a democratic technoculture to exist, it must first be able to enforce the law, and it cant do that without first identifying the individuals it seeks to embrace/control. So basically we need something the equivalent of a passport to enter into the virtual domain. Because thats really what this whole issue is, Virtual. I fully agree with Virilio when he says "Globalisation is fake", virtualisation is real.
HA hows that for a contradiction... more on this later...
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I remember along time a ago a bill was shot down that would have allowed the government to control and monitor the Internet to prevent fraud and for minors to access pornographic sites. I wonder how the internet would have been if the government did have direct control over everything. In China, a lot of content is monitored and any sites that do not follow their rules are shut down permanently. Would this be more of an ideal form of Internet Regulation?
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