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: information
Information, information theory, information entropy…
The Informatization Age (2) Process
The Informatization Age that began in the 1940s welcomed a new technical system in line with the so-called “Process Philosophy”.
5 August 2023
The Informatization Age (1) Automation
The Informatization Age that began in the 1940s is constantly changing in appearance but remains a worldwide endeavor towards automation.
20 May 2023
“Digital Divide”: outline of a concept
A “digital divide” has accompanied the rise of digital technology since the 1990s. Outline of a problematical concept.
12 February 2022
The black hole Pōwehi and the Mathematics
The image unveiled to the world in 2019 once again validates Einstein’s theory and wonderfully illustrates the awesome power of mathematics.
18 December 2021
Welcome in the Metaverse
Here comes the “Metaverse”, the occasion for a posthumous intellectual contact with the French philosopher Bernard Stiegler.
14 August 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
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
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