Society of surveillance, manipulation of opinion, rise of inequalities, monetization of our private life: technology is accused of all evils. A wind of "tech-pessimism" is blowing on our digital lives. So how to get out of the dark side of tech?
Report alongside Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the Web, who no longer recognizes his creation. Thirty years after his invention, he launches a "contract for the Web", and he needs us: companies, governments and citizens. Explanations with Julien Chehida.
Why this disenchantment of technology? Guillaume Grallet opens his big bookshop and reviews the books of the moment, from Alain Damasio to Andrew McAfee.
The "Big Tech" would like us "depoliticize to better rule". This is the thesis of the entrepreneur and author Diana Filippova in her book "Technopower", published by Les Liens qui Libérer. Do the Gafa have a political agenda? And we, homo numericus, can we be the architects of a revolution in digital thought? Interview.
In our sequence Test24, we tackle electronic pollution. No less than 49.8 million tons of digital waste were generated in 2018. That's the equivalent of 5,000 Eiffel towers! So, start-ups try biodegradable and recyclable materials. Demonstration with the French-Chinese company Xoopar and his Mr Bio cable, and in Denmark with Sprout, a pencil that hides seeds to become a plant.