Digital
Having always had a taste for technology and digital, I observed the subject without a critical eye. This view was however distant and free of political and/or philosophical reflections. I followed digital news without questioning it.
In 2020, I had the opportunity to write a legal book on social media law. In this book, I tried to cover the legal treatment of situations encountered on social networks. This exploration allowed me to understand and deepen freedom of expression and discover the democratic, societal and/or philosophical critiques of digital technology.
Since then, I have continued to follow this news trying to sharpen my view on digital technology, sometimes even taking the opposite view of some of my historical beliefs.
Furthermore, in addition to my awareness of certain excesses, current events allow me to push the reflection continually as events unfold.
The Covid crisis, the Woke movement, Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, the entry into force of the European Digital Services Act, Trump’s re-election, Zuckerberg’s statements in January 2025, etc. are, each time, reasons to deepen my reflection on the subject and sharpen my opinion on digital technology.
The awareness of the omnipresence of big tech companies is becoming collective and the media coverage of this state of affairs leads me to exchange my point of view more and more.
In order to share my reflection and the resources that have marked me, this page will be updated as my wanderings and readings progress.
I hope that the curious reader will find some interesting resources to explore this vast subject and that they can nourish their own reflection.
Resources
Duality - My notebook dedicated to reflections on topics related to digital technology.
Some books
(sorted by reading order, most recent first)
Bernard Stiegler - L’emploi est mort, vive le travail !
Jaron Lanier - Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
Mustafa Suleyman - The Coming Wave
Anne Alombert - Penser avec Bernard Stiegler
Langdon Winner - The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology
Richard Susskind - How To Think About AI. A Guide For The Perplexed
Juan Sebastian Carbonell - Un taylorisme augmenté critique de l’intelligence artificielle
Jürgen Habermas - La technique et la science comme idéologie
Guiliano Da Empoli - Les mages du Kremlin
Alain Damasio - Vallée du Sillicium
Guiliano Da Empoli - Les ingénieurs du Chaos
Mathieu Corteel - Ni dieu ni IA
Matteo Pasquinelli - The Eye of the Master
David Colon - La guerre de l’information
David Chavalarias - Toxic Data
Serge Abiteboul, François Bancilhon - Vive les communs !
Ethan Mollick - Co-Intelligence
Anne Alombert - Schizophrénie numérique
Marcello Vitali-Rosati - Éloge du bug
Gaspar Koening - Voyage d’un philosophe au pays des libertés
Luc Julia - L’intelligence artificielle n’existe pas
Louis de Diesbach - Liker sa servitude
Serge Abiteboul, Jean Cattan - Nous sommes les réseaux sociaux
On the Web
Le Wiki d’Herminien - Pour un numérique respectueux et émancipateur
Standblog - Tristan Nitot sur la technologie, l’Internet et les libertés numériques
Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Framablog - le blog de Framasof
Ploum.net - le blog de Lionel Dricot
Electronic Foundation Frontier (EFF) Site
Richard Stallman’s Personal Site
Binaire - l’informatique : science et technique au coeur de l’informatique (Le Monde)
Conseil national du numérique - Lettres d’informations (FR)
INRIA - Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique
Frédéric Filloux - Episodiques
Culture numérique - le blogue de marcello vitali-rosati
Some tools
FramaSoft - Degooglisons internet