Paul Klotz: “Tech giants thrive on the social isolation they themselves created”
INTERVIEW - The essayist* published, for the Jean Jaurès Foundation, a report devoted to the solitude produced by the use of screens. He explains how the latter has become a real economic resource for tech giants who…
* Paul Klotz is a normalien, specialized in law and economics and graduated from Sciences Po Paris. In August he published a report, for the Jean Jaurès Foundation, devoted to solitude as an economic resource for technology giants. LE FIGARO.
- You explain that isolation is one of the greatest scourges affecting our society. What do you mean by “the era of loneliness capitalism”? Is this really a new phenomenon?
PAUL KLOTZ. - Effectively. 40% of those under 25 say they suffer from a feeling of chronic loneliness.
The observation is not new: the disappearance of social structures, such as major political parties, religious movements or unions, has lowered the general level of sociability in society.
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