The Great Accelerator

105 Pages·2012·0.99 MB·English

by  Paul Virilio

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Contents
The Insecuyr ioHtfis toyr 1
TooL atfeor P rivaLtieef 31
The GreaAtc eclaetrro 66
Inedx9 4
v
Tot hiel mliuniss tolfih gt-seped
atC ERN,G envea,
and
tot hWea llS rteettr adwehrosc arhsedi not
thaotht ewra llt,h te imbea rrier.
The InsecuorfHi itsyt ory
Tol iveevr eyi nasntats t hoghu itwe rteh les at-
thaitst hpea radooxffu tursim,o f fuatu risomf
thei snatntt hat nhoaf sut uer.W e mightn oet
thaitta lssop eltlhsed ecilnien t he progpaanda
ofa ne ndlePsrgsor estsh aotn,l yy etseryd,sa till
fuelltehdhe i osryt ofp astc entuisre.Th ath itsory
isn ow sow iresdoh, y setrai,lct haitte venc lmasi
tof oresaectei ontsh,re e iaytl ofe venstt hahtav e
noty eto ccurr.eY odu'dt hinkt hatto,m rorow,
we'lblea blet oc onstarnua cctt u'aHslio tryo ft he
Fuutre-'t hasnt kol ogn-etrmf orectaigsn.S uch
micraor-rnatwiovuelisd m potshee emlsvoenst he
hiosrtiyc oiftt haev owefdac tsa,si ft hpee srpe­c
tivoef t her eatlmi e ofi nstanyt sanuedidyte nl
annulalledldu arbilyi.Ft o,r thasn tkoc ertain
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THE GREAT ACCELERATOR
sotfwarpero gramasn dt hmeo dellign theayll ow,
thmey thooglyo ff uturiissem ve ng earign upt o
renetwh mey thosfo uro rgiinasn do fA ntuiiqyt.
A reecnatn ecdmoitghet s evret oi llturesat this
'phsaet rnasitiionHn is't orya:t t hbee gininnogf
thYee ar2 010B,er nrad Accro,ty heepnre sident
ofFranscAes'semNbleaet iopnroaetltseead,g a inst
theex cseisvuese ,b yt hFe renchg ovenrmenotf,
as peedeudp-p rocetshsa lti msib toht parliamen­
tayr chambeerxasm'i natoifo nop prsoedn ew
lawtsoa s niglreed aign.
'Wec an'gto owno rking thiwsa y- noti wfe
wantd eecnlta wasn dd eecndte moactridcea bt,e '
Accoeyrd ecelda,ar didgn thahtew oulndo hte si­
ta,ti efth nee eador set,or eosrtto t hpeo ssiilybi t
ofo ppogs itnhee megrenyc procesisnq usetion
bys idgiw nithhi osp potseni umbeirnt hSeen ate,
GearrLda recrh'.Ag o odlw a'A,c ocyrec oncluded,
'erqiuresan i cnomrpesisbel perioofdt imfeor
refleico.tn1'
The curretn lgeilsatei fvernzayc tuya ilnrlto­
ducest hei enrtoifar eal tai pmaear,do xcial
ienrttihaa rtse uslf torm thse uddeacnc retaleion
ofc ommonr eiatly.
1 LeM ondne ,f ebrua2ry0 10.
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THE GREAT ACCELERATOR
Int hevsereye aryleya orfts h tehi drm illeunrnn,i
thpeo lairen rtpiroad cuedb yt hien asnttayno efi t
interiavcCet ONNECTOINS (LIENisS)a ctu­
allpyoi setdos uppltahnfietx edr-oppeyr itenrtia
ofP LACES( LIEUX) inlcudgi tnhmeo srte ­p
-
resteantipvalec eosfl geislaatnidot nh lewa . The
whoelo f hoirsittcywi iltlh efinn dis teslfha ttered
byt hi'sid srtitoono fc ompetoint'bi ewteent he
pasta ndt hfeu tuer thaitss od etmreinatlt ot he
preesntw,i tthh NeA NOTECHNOLOGIES of
thien fienlisyth rott eraml rdeyta ankgi thpel cae
oft het rdaitniaolc hronogliose of tmheed ium
andl ontge romf p astd ay,ys eaarnsd centurie.s
All tohfi usn dernmeis tshoveere igtnyo f
Hisotry - and tshoeevr geniyt ofa laln terior­
iyt,w itiht . fSolol,o wgi tnheag e oft ertroriial
isnecuyr,1 ic tomes theag e oft hei nsecyu orfi t
Hisotyr andi st trairptidtieiv soin,P AST-
PRESENT -FUTURE.
Thisr evresla ovfal eu,sw e mightn oet,h as
alardeya ffetcesdpa c.e Atth cel oosfte h lea csetn ­
tuyr,ge oplotiicsatalrt esgtwise r,ei nf actt,u nrign
reiaytl inseio dutl iek gal ovaen da ssergt tihnat,
forveeartf e,rt he extewraist oop rre vaiolv etrh e
1 PauVli riLl1 inos,ec udruit teer riPtaoriGirasel:.i 1l9e9e3,.
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