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Biotechronicity: When Our Lives Sync to Platform Clocks
As we build our lives online, a risk quietly takes hold: losing exclusive ownership of our own biography.
 • Laurent François
Selfie-verse: Political Embodiment in the Industrial Age
In the age of AI avatars, the face becomes a strategic interface again. Debrief of the roundtable “Politics in Selfie Mode,” held during InfoCom Day…
 • Laurent François
Stay vs Play: How TikTok Hijacked Political Communication
Decoding TikTok’s “Stay & Play” model: when the algorithm and astroturfing replace campaign logic with a vibe.
 • Laurent François
Half-line: neither disconnected nor possessed
Control over our online time is not an elite luxury; it is a form of sovereignty to be reclaimed, far beyond the opposition between being chronically…
 • Laurent François
How Not to Become an Algorithm in the Age of Physical AI
In her latest book, Selfpressionnism – What If AI Made Us More Human?, Marie Dollé offers pathways for navigating the coming technological revolutions.
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A deep dive into internet culture and our connected lives. Explore how social media shapes behaviors, communities, and lifestyles worldwide. Published every Tuesday from Paris—by Laurent François.
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