When at the end of the 20th century people began discussing it, the ‘virtual’ seemed to be something like pure spirit, a totally non-material world, much like computers in the imagination of that time appeared non-material objects, and unlike steel in the age of mechanics. But in actual fact the virtual has manifested itself as an impure spirit, a spirit imbued with matter, one that has way more to do with the body than one would have imagined. Not a pure spirit but, if anything, a ghost, a mummy that cannot do without silicon and electric power. In other words, the spirit has shown that it needed a body, but above all the spirit has proven not to be just an inevitable burden—a painful necessity or at least a boring, inert one—but a resource, the technical support that the Web cannot do without, as all those who stood in line to buy the latest iPad know all too well.
Ghosts and Other Virtual Bodies
Ghosh
Di Paolo
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Alle origini del mondo attuale: incontri e scontri di culture nell’età della “prima globalizzazione”
Prosperi
Ghosh
Di Paolo
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Alle origini del mondo attuale: incontri e scontri di culture nell’età della “prima globalizzazione”
Prosperi
Ghosh
Di Paolo
Faloppa
Favole
Alle origini del mondo attuale: incontri e scontri di culture nell’età della “prima globalizzazione”
Prosperi
