Erwin Schrödinger and the question of the “living”
In 1944, physicist E. Schrödinger set out his thoughts on the structure of life in a book entitled “What Is Life?”.
14 October 2023
Tagged: environment
Environment, biotope…
A reading of Philippe Descola
How can the work of anthropologist Philippe Descola, “Beyond Nature and Culture”, be applied to our digital world?
13 November 2021
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
Emergence of a digital natural environment
5G, satellite constellations… The digital network is mutating into a digital environment and, at the same time, is becoming a major geopolitical issue for the 2020s.
9 March 2019
About this delusion of a “green” digital world
Can digital be “green”? What about this “delusion” as the energy needs of the digital world seem unlimited and opposite to any will for sobriety?
23 September 2018
From the infosphere to a “gaseous” ethics
The philosopher Luciano Floridi proposes an “information ethics” supposed to lead us in a world transformed by the digital revolution.
17 March 2018
Manifesto
Puissance & Raison is a kind of “exploration notebook” about the new digital world questioning what resists, what capitulates. Here some insights…
10 February 2018
Jacques Ellul and the Technological System
Following Mumford, relayed by Aldous Huxley, the philosopher Jacques Ellul developed a deep and always vivid thought about our technical world.
3 September 2017