'Life and Death Simulations' and PureWar

Reading Jay Cross’ recent post about military simulations at the 25th annual Interservice/Industry Training Simulation & Education Conference, I was immediately reminded of a favourite critical theorist of mine from days gone by, Paul Virilio. I seem to remember always feeling like I was in a fugue state while reading Virilio, only ever half comprehending, never certain if it was all just highly verbose malarky or true prophecy, or both. But as I get older and the world gets inexorably stranger, concepts like his Pure War seem less like theoretical conceits, and more like a statement of affairs. What does this have to do with educational technologies? Lots, unfortunately … – SWL