Distance and closeness are qualitative richnesses of co-presence, not metric lengths.

Evidence

From this point of view, what differentiates between a close proximity of two bodies and a great distance between them is the richness of the combined dimensions of co-presence. He was there at the station platform and I could speak to him and embrace him one last time, but the train moves away and now I can only see him in the distance. The co-presence that was rich and multidimensional has been impoverished and reduced solely to the optical range. The notion of a certain range, when limited in certain respects, determines our notions of distance and closeness. The closest proximity is when all the various ranges correspond. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 948

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in how drones transform military space: killing at a distance still preserves a lethal co-presence. — connects to: Co-presence can exist without co-localization, a break enabled by tele-technologies. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 946; Co-presence requires being within causal range, not mere simultaneous existence. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 948; Distance is better understood as range or reach than as numerical length. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 948 (+4 more)

Related

• Distance is better understood as range or reach than as numerical length. (similarity 0.87)
• Co-presence can exist without co-localization, a break enabled by tele-technologies. (similarity 0.84)
• Everyday proximity has nothing in common with pure geometric distance. (similarity 0.84)
• Co-presence requires being within causal range, not mere simultaneous existence. (similarity 0.84)
• Strangeness is a specific proportion of nearness and distance (similarity 0.81)
• Distance-extension tools differ fundamentally from techniques that suppress co-localization (similarity 0.80)
• Co-presence is defined by range and causal access, not mere simultaneity (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Social forms can be classified by the interpersonal distances they create #expands (0.90) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 81
• Distance is better understood as range or reach than as numerical length. #corroborates (0.85) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 948
• The stranger embodies a simultaneous union of closeness and remoteness #exemplifies (0.85) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 388