It is a strange and firmly established norm of fusing the willingness to test the boundaries of technology (and dominant technological ideology) with the willingness to risk one's own life. Even with Fearless Felix (or any other subject) dead as a result of this test, the boundaries of technology still would have been tested sucessfully. Where personal test ends, the test conducted by the Other begins. And having in mind that during all these four hours the major part of Baumgartner's performance was concerted by the 'command center', the most signifficant manifestation of his personall will (his personal test) was the actual jump, this tiny moment of choice. But there is a chance, that this choice was also a false choice: you have a right to choose from any of the available options with the condition, that you will make the right choice. So, what is the right choice?
And there he was, trapped in the totally ideological and totally mediated spectacle.
Quick comment on a quick comment of a friend, philosopher Ivan Flores Arancibia.
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