Between quest and pilgrimage, French science fiction author Alain Damasio (The stealthy ones), resolutely camped on the left, took advantage of a residence at the Villa Albertine in San Francisco to wander for a few weeks in the land of GAFAM, in Silicon Valley: Cupertino (where the headquarters of Apple, the richest company in the world, is located), Mountain View, Stanford, Palo Alto. Meetings, readings, sideways glances, he gives us the chronicle of his adventure in Silicon Valleybetween smartphones, autonomous cars and artificial intelligence. “The more delegation to AI progresses, the more we connect and collect, the more machines self-manage and manage us by digesting us, the more our dependence extends.” A book well-nourished with sociology and anthropology, a surprising critical journey into the “symbolic epicenter” of global technocapitalism and a stimulating critical reflection on freedom in the digital age.
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