"Virtual Immortality"
“The utopia of the technological order is virtual immortality, hitherto only ascribed to the gods, to the divinity. Now, we have a new pantheon. The computer sits in the middle of it. The computer, not being a sign, is the most powerful instrument in the world in that it produces what it signifies: it produces this globalisation. In that sense, it is the highest magic in the world, and something that we’re all in adoration of. And that’s what these films (‘Koyaanisqatsi,’ ‘Po