Speed has always been the advantage and the privilege of the hunter and the warrior. Racing and pursuit are the heart of all combat. There is thus a hierarchy of speeds to be found in the history of societies, for to possess the earth, to hold terrain, is also to possess the best means to scan it in order to protect and defend it. Real-estate property is linked, directly or indirectly, to the faculty of its penetration and, just as something changes in value in being taken from one region into another, a place changes in quality according to the facility with which it can be crossed.
Paul Virilio, Bunker Archaeology, 1975
