Digital Civilizations and their challenges

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I participated in a presentation and a round table on March 20 at the Librarie Mollat in Bordeaux, on “Les Civilisations Numériques : maîtriser leurs défis!” (Digital Civilizations: coping with their challenges), part of the Ci’NUM process. See also my article on CINUM 2007 - Digital Civilizations. The event has been described by GouvActu AdmiNet and has its own page on the Mollat website. 

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In the pictures, Daniel Kaplan, director of FING, Marcel Desvergne, president of AEC, Denis Mollat, owner of the Mollat Bookshop (now, this is a _really_ good bookshop where one can spend hours and days), and myself. The full audio recording of the event (in French) is available on the Mollat website (click Podcast). Marcel and Daniel provide a comprehensive background on the Ci’NUM process and ideas for a continuation of this very creative “participatory futurism” process. Denis adds very interesting comments, and I give my own impression and comments on the Ci’NUM process and the 7 challenges including environment, politics, technology, society, and of course transhumanism: the beautiful idea that our species is about to remake itself by merging with its technology. At the end, there are some very interesting questions asked by the audience on several issues including education, society, philosophy and transhumanism (for example the question on transhumanism and religion - in my reply I mention relevant initiatives, the Mormon Transhumanist Association and Lincoln Cannon’s talk in Second Life), and our answers and comments.

I look forward to continuing my participation in the Ci’NUM process, and will speak at the next event on May 15 at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. With my colleagues at Tendencias 21, I am participating in the organization of a Ci’NUM -like event in Spain in November (stay tuned).

Posted by G.P. on 04/09 at 07:53 AM
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