مؤسسة الشرق الأوسط للنشر العلمي
عادةً ما يتم الرد في غضون خمس دقائق
Technological advancements have made many tasks that once seemed impossible remarkably simple even for children. For example, communicating with someone thousands of kilometers away while seeing them face to face is now effortless. Likewise, accessing any piece of music from around the world takes only seconds on a small screen, eliminating the need to travel or purchase physical tickets. In this article, we explore the role of new technologies in information transmission while questioning their reliability in relation to human perception. To begin, we distinguish between "information" and "knowledge" using the example of a baby's weight evolution. This approach helps us avoid a purely philosophical debate and instead focus on the practical implications of these concepts. We argue that with technological advancements, information has become more readily available, reducing the effort people once had to make to seek it out. This ease of access, while beneficial, raises concerns about the depth of engagement with knowledge. This is what has led many tasks to be taken over by artificial intelligence, which uses vast databases to perform complex tasks such as recognition, as well as producing music and writing. Next, we introduce Regis Debray’s theory, “mediologie”, which examines the relationship between technology and ideas. Unlike a simple mediator (such as a journalist or book writer), who merely facilitates the flow of news and information, the mediologist critically analyzes how technological progress influences transmission—and, consequently, how the circulation of ideas can be controlled. Through this concept, the philosopher presents the mediasphere, which can take different forms, such as the “primitive mnemosphere”, the “logosphere”, the “graphosphere”, and the “videosphere”…