Some political dimensions of blockchains
Blockchain technology promises the disappearance of “cumbersome” trusted third parties. But we don’t get rid of them at little political cost.
29 May 2021
Explorations...
The hypothesis of the “Robot Person”
Can and should autonomous “intelligent” artifacts be held responsible for their decisions? Should a new legal subject be created?
1 May 2021
The Body of René Thom (singularities)
In the footsteps of the mathematician-philosopher René Thom, we set out to meet these “singularities” that seem to escape the digital grip.
20 March 2021
Tristan Harris and the Swamp of Digital Ethics
Addictions, fake news, breaches of privacy … Can the “ethical” offer of digital professionals remedy these drifts?
6 February 2021
Ecce Homo Mathematicus
The fulfillment of all human tasks by “intelligent” machines is a myth difficult to demystify, but Homo Mathematicus could help us!
3 October 2020
The « Individual » in the light of information theories
Researchers in information science seek to grasp the concept of “individual”. Decryption of their usual methods…
8 August 2020
The Brain is an Edge (not a Center)
The technological regime produces this “computationalist” doxa which considers the brain as a Center for information processing. Really?
11 July 2020
Elon Musk, special vassal
Elon Musk acts like a feudal lord, vassal of the technological system. Will we be resistant enough to live in the “territories” conquered by this tough guy?
23 May 2020
Gilbert Simondon, “philosopher of information”?
Gilbert Simondon, reread 40 years later by digital thinkers, is praised as the “first philosopher of information”. What to think of this “sacrament”?
2 May 2020
Attachment to Simulacra
How close can one become to a digitized artefact? Not to the point, we think, of ever being able to fall “in love” with it.
11 April 2020