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Noema • All That Is Solid Melts Into Information
Par là, ils fournissent une sorte de ressource d’identité nouvelle sur un plan à la fois politique et social. Et il est significatif qu’ils le fassent précisément en revenant au judaïsme par le biais d’une réflexion sociopolitique, en le déclinant expressément en termes sociopolitiques, et non pas théologiques5.
Bruno Karsenti • La question juive des modernes: Philosophie de l'émancipation (French Edition)


“The modern man is always claiming a self-sufficiency which he is unable to achieve. He constantly compares himself with other people and, afraid that they might be superior, he secretly copies their manners and borrows their desires.”
Leo Nasskau • René Girard, mimetic desire, and society's biggest rat race

In the digital world, we don multiple masks, curating different facets of our identity for each platform. This fragmentation goes beyond mere role-playing; it speaks to the core of our existential quest for identity. On LinkedIn, we don the mask of professionalism; on Instagram, we showcase our adventurous side; on Twitter, we engage as the witty c
... See moreKhalil Liouane • The Illusion of Self in the Digital Age: Unraveling Our Multiple Identities

As we have seen in the previous theses, our digital environment:
Regulates our lives towards a smaller number of paths purposely designed by others rather than trails more fortuitous and exploratory.
Builds up a monolithic authentic self rather than a lush set of mutually-enriching contextual identities.
Is heavily focused on categorising people, whic