Distance-extension tools differ fundamentally from techniques that suppress co-localization

Evidence

While the tele-technologies make it possible to discount distance, they nevertheless do not rule out using the same instruments at short range, so what distinguishes them is not so much distance as the fact that they function equally well at short range. The difference between mobile phones and speaking trumpets or between binoculars and video cameras is the following: on one hand, we have techniques designed to extend the range within the spatial continuity of a zone of co-localization (these are, strictly speaking, techniques for distance, in the sense of a continuous distance, which use physical space directly, as a material medium); on the other hand, we have techniques for the delocalization of pragmatic co-presence, which suppress the condition of bodily co-localization. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 951

Categorization

• DEFINE: Draws the crucial distinction between extending range within continuous space and delocalizing co-presence via signal retransmission.
• XREF: Directly relevant to reader’s goal: drones as delocalization technologies rather than mere distance tools. — connects to: Co-presence can exist without co-localization, a break enabled by tele-technologies. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 946; Drone technology severs visual discrimination from physical proximity to targets. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 1016; Drone imagery functions as targeting rather than representation — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 395

Related

• Co-presence can exist without co-localization, a break enabled by tele-technologies. (similarity 0.86)
• Drone technology severs visual discrimination from physical proximity to targets. (similarity 0.83)
• Distance is better understood as range or reach than as numerical length. (similarity 0.80)
• Drones add the remote control’s range to the weapon’s range. (similarity 0.80)
• Distance and closeness are qualitative richnesses of co-presence, not metric lengths. (similarity 0.80)
• Drones are less precise than rifles and grenades at discriminating targets. (similarity 0.79)
• Drone surveillance transforms the panopticon from a punishing to an annihilating gaze. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Drone technology severs visual discrimination from physical proximity to targets. #exemplifies (0.80) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 1016
• Drone imagery functions as targeting rather than representation #exemplifies (0.75) — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 395