Here is one for all the French readers of this blog. I have always been looking for in-depth thinkers of the Internet. I have been reading Francis Pisani’s blog for a few years now but I’ve came across Paul Mathias’ blog just recently.
His work is very interesting, you can find his thoughts on ‘What is the Internet?‘, Google and the cultural issues and the future of mobile here.

I particularly like the fact that unlike many academic thinkers he isn’t all negative about the evolution of the Internet but he underlines how this ‘global phenomenon’ grows beyond the technology to create its own reality. According to Paul Mathias the Internet isn’t only a semantic place, it an extension of our lives.

By growing beyond the technology he means that the Internet is changing many aspects of our life: juridical (downloading), social and anthropological (love and sex), moral, the border between private and public…

“When we think about the the Internet, we need to think beyond the Internet, we need to think about us, what we think we are and the world we want to create.”

Have a look at his book for more informations.

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