A discussion about learning in a world undergoing profound change, particularly in the digital age.
How can we learn better? How does our brain select the information it considers most relevant? In theory, our attention system allows us to sort, prioritize, and retain. But is this ability to focus, essential to all learning, being tested by the volume, speed, and diversity of the content we are now exposed to? Is our capacity for long-term memorization declining with digital technology, or is our brain instead adapting to a new way of thinking and knowing? Beyond these cognitive questions, the effects of social media and artificial intelligence on society now appear massive: cyberbullying, isolation, widespread disinformation, mental health... Harmful effects are piling up and becoming a public health issue. Should we therefore follow Australia’s example and ban social media for teenagers? Is that possible, and is it desirable? What place should AI have in our lives? A discussion to better understand the changes at work today and tomorrow. With: Grégoire Borst, professor of developmental psychology and cognitive neuroscience of education at Université Paris Cité. He heads the CNRS laboratory for child developmental and educational psychology (LaPsyDE) at the Sorbonne. Serge Tisseron, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, co-head of the DU de Cyberpsychologie at Université Paris Cité and member of the Académie des technologies. In 1975, he defended the first French doctoral thesis presented in comic-strip form, and in 1983 he revealed a secret in Hergé’s family through an analysis of the Tintin albums. Until 2018, he produced and hosted the France Culture program “Matières à penser,” devoted to issues related to technology. The author of numerous books, he recently coordinated Faut-il interdire les réseaux sociaux aux jeunes ? (Robert Laffont, 2025). This year he is publishing Machines maternelles : quand l ’ IA prend soin de nous (PUF, 2026). Discussion moderated by Louise Tourret, journalist and radio producer specializing in education issues; Credits: PUF
Source: paris.fr — photo: Ed. Robert Laffont