“No. 2’s infamous opening line is a double gambit: the Village does not really want information, of course, only obedience. (From their point of view, information is an exchange-value, not a use-value). In fact, it is No. 6 who truly wants information: information on who No. 1 is, where the Village really is, which side runs it, and how it might be possible to escape.” Authoritarianism2003The PrisonerNumber 6 Book:The World is Watching: Video as Multinational Aesthetics, 1968-1995 Source: The World is Watching: Video as Multinational Aesthetics, 1968-1995