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

Paul Virilio Interview

-On the shipwreck metaphor:

"Inventing a plane is not only inventing the crash but also inventing the breakdown. A jet engine is an amazing thing, but it’s also sensitive to birds, to volcanic ash… So you go from the plane that can go really fast to the plane that can’t fly at all. Whether it’s because of terrorism and being scared, or because of the volcano and it being too risky, or something new tomorrow, you can’t innovate without creating some damage. It’s so obvious that being obliged to repeat it shows the extent to which we are alienated by the propaganda of progress."

Dumoucel, By Caroline. "Paul Virilio | VICE | United States." VICE. VICE Media LLC., 2010. Web. 28 Sept. 2016. Translated by Pauline Eiferman