Michel Serres (1930–2019)

Firstly, I'm a little surprised how much I appreciated Serres not uttering the word "millenial" and taking the "these crazy kids today" approach. While reading this, I noticed how much I do this myself, not accepting that the "crazy kids" of a few years back are now bona fide adults and actually the core of the very near future society and that they may not be exactly the same as the current core of society. So I was very aware that I know that technology is changing people, but at the same show more time I'm expecting future society to stay exactly the same. I think Serres makes a very good point there.

Also, I think that Serres over-romanticizes the situation by a mile. When you think students are being noisy in your classroom because they are expecting more insight instead of readily available information, I think you are mistaking apathy for a statement of criticism. These kinds of examples echo throughout the book. I might be wrong, but to me it seems that Serres does not only expect the new generation to be different, but better compared to their ancestors. And while I certainly hope for this, I'm not sure we can use it as our base-expection. show less

Divertissant, enthousiaste, un peu trop peut-être.

Je m'attendais à un essai allant plus loin dans la description du "jeune".

Ici, celui-ci ne lit pas, ne pense pas, ne synthétise pas. Il bavarde en amphi. Il est un simple "consultant" du savoir. Cela dit, il a un bon fond et des parents coupables donc il fait ce qu'il peut avec sa prothèse cérébrale.

A mon sens, Michel Serres mélange et confond les nouveaux usages avec ce stéréotype de jeune écervelé né d'une société d'écrans show more qui le rendrait passif, mais gentil. Même société qui fait croire qu'il est légion quand il n'est que l'arbre qui cache la forêt. En somme, le jeune qui fait de la pub pour les banques.

Mais Petite Poucette sait encore lire, apprendre, et même se concentrer, il lui faut juste un peu d'autorité. Il faut aller plus loin pour cerner la génération Y, et celles qui suivront.

Certes, mon cerveau n'est pas celui de mes parents (environnement social, vie digitale) mais J.Rifkin ou B Stiegler sont mieux à même de nous faire comprendre écueils et prospectives des "nouveaux" usages pour les prochaines générations.

La rupture est beaucoup plus fine. show less

Sintomatico che un 83enne - e non un quarantenne - tenti questa indagine, ben scritta, sulle modalità di conoscenza dei giovani. Per scoprire che il sapere, così come l’abbiamo inteso, non esiste più. Forte messa in discussione degli attuali metodi di insegnamento. Per il resto, un discorso propositivo a riguardo è ancora tutto da costruire.

Cili jam? Një fërgëllim hiçi, që jeton në një tërmet të përhershëm. Mirëpo, gjatë një çasti lumturie të thellë, me trupin tim luhatës vjen e bashkohet Toka gulçuese. Cili jam tani për disa sekonda?