Overview
A presentation of the site's conceptual chain
The observation
The digital is no longer one tool among others, it has become a milieu that reconfigures our rhythms, relationships and institutions. It is a total social fact.
The aim
Without nostalgic refusal or naive enthusiasm, try to understand.
Biological time
Slowness · Repetition · Sleep · Effort · Necessary boredom · Maturation
Algorithmic time
Instantaneity · Permanent stimulation · Continuous flow · Impatience · Anticipation
Institutional
School no longer knows what framework to set
Cognitive
The individual no longer knows what to trust
Relational
Interactions are deregulated
Sleep, fatigue, physiological stress
Disinhibition, harassment, brutalisation
Disembodiment, loss of presence, body image
Memory, reading, language, learning
Fragmentation, impossible boredom, dispersion
Simulated empathy, artificial bonds, companion AIs
Cognitive multiverse, true/false, deepfakes
Credulity, source confusion, dispossession
Automation, polarisation, precarisation
Model training, remuneration, traceability
Autonomous weapons, armed robotics, lethal delegation
Energy, water, extraction, obsolescence
Somatic
Sleep, health
Bodily
Presence, sensations
Cognitive
Memory, attention
Attentional
Effort, boredom
Affective
Empathy, feeling
Relational
Codes, civility
Epistemic
Judgement, discernment
Social
Reference points, norms
Some learn to…
Master systems · Understand · Contest · Resist the Eliza effect · Distinguish the true from the false
Others learn to…
Obey systems · Endure · Submit · Depend · Fail to distinguish the true from the false
Observing one's uses, measuring their effects, taking command of one's thought again
Organising human and technical interdependence without submission
Living with AI without surrendering thought, judgement and decision to it
Counterweights to a life by proxy · inner life · presence to oneself
Augmented digital charters
Collectively drafted, evolving rules
Digital transition spaces
Supervised intermediate spaces and times
Moments of disconnection
Institutionalised periods without screens
Transition rituals
Markers of entry and exit, collective mindfulness
Spaces of authentic presence
Screen-free zones, natural materials
Digital driving licence
A progressive path towards autonomy
Digital empathy workshops
Making visible the impact of words behind the screen
Teacher training
Complex mediators, ethical guides
Collaborative projects
Free software, technological commons
Affective and sexual education
Consent, respect, dismantling violent images
A way of using dialogue with AI to explore ideas without delegating judgement.