By Eric Dautriat, Vice-President of Air and Space Academy
What if Air and Space (and thus their Academy) together became the symbol of physical presence, in a world in the process of virtualization? The antidote to the invasion of ectoplasm and avatars? The alternative to the “metaverse”, the 3D universe announced by Facebook, among others? And to go even further, the anti-Matrix?
The health crisis has established a global society of confinement, which can be understood with wide variations depending on the place and the period. Beyond these variations, it was basically a question of staying at home as much as possible. Telecommuting, videos and home deliveries (placed on the doormat). If Amazon’s beloved delivery drones had existed, there is no doubt that they would have had an apotheosis. Admittedly, this was done under duress, but the public approval was very strong. So much so that one wonders if this instruction did not come from