{"id":263542,"date":"2014-01-06T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/issues\/les-technologies-a-la-rescousse\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T20:50:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T00:50:22","slug":"les-technologies-a-la-rescousse","status":"publish","type":"issues","link":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/2014\/01\/les-technologies-a-la-rescousse\/","title":{"rendered":"Les technologies \u00e0 la rescousse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dropcap-big\">Les technologies nous semblent globalement b\u00e9n\u00e9-fiques. Et il est vrai qu\u2019elles nous ont plut\u00f4t bien servi, de la d\u00e9couverte du feu aux progr\u00e8s de l\u2019agriculture, de l\u2019essor industriel \u00e0 la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des loisirs. \u00c0 l\u2019heure o\u00f9 le pouvoir politique para\u00eet impuissant \u00e0 r\u00e9gler nos probl\u00e8mes les plus \u00e9pineux, nous sommes naturellement port\u00e9s \u00e0 chercher des r\u00e9ponses du c\u00f4t\u00e9 des technologies actuelles ou \u00e9mergentes. Nos bien-aim\u00e9s t\u00e9l\u00e9phones intelligents continueront-ils de se perfectionner pour notre seul plaisir ou rec\u00e8lent-ils la capacit\u00e9 num\u00e9rique de sauver le monde ?<\/p>\n<p>Le temps dira si notre obsession des gadgets et disposi-tifs en tout genre nous a leurr\u00e9s ou si les solutions technologiques qui nourrissent nos espoirs engendreront un autre chapitre palpitant de l\u2019aventure humaine. Il est tentant d\u2019y croire. La lutte contre les changements climatiques pi\u00e9tine ? Et si une astuce technologique nous sortait de l\u2019impasse ? La pauvret\u00e9 et la maladie atteignent des proportions end\u00e9miques dans les pays en d\u00e9veloppement ? L\u2019eau se rar\u00e9fie ? Le personnel soignant manque pour s\u2019occuper de nos retrait\u00e9s en surnombre ? Cap sur les technologies ! Quelque g\u00e9nie inventera peut-\u00eatre m\u00eame une application susceptible de r\u00e9parer nos d\u00e9mocraties d\u00e9faillantes.<\/p>\n<p>Il n\u2019y a rien de fonci\u00e8rement mauvais \u00e0 miser sur l\u2019innovation pour nous tirer d\u2019embarras. Bien appliqu\u00e9e, la g\u00e9oing\u00e9nierie pourrait sans doute amoindrir les dangers du r\u00e9chauffement plan\u00e9taire. Et la robotique devrait effectivement am\u00e9liorer les soins dont nous aurons besoin au cr\u00e9puscule de nos vies. Les technologies nous ont habitu\u00e9s aux petits miracles.<\/p>\n<p>Mais \u00e9vitons de leur faire aveugl\u00e9ment confiance parce qu\u2019il est plus ais\u00e9 de croire \u00e0 leur pouvoir que de modifier nos fa\u00e7ons de faire. Les technologies pouvant s\u2019appliquer sans foi ni loi (pensons seulement \u00e0 Hiroshima), leur incidence politique et sociale d\u00e9pend de notre mani\u00e8re de les exploiter. C\u2019est la le\u00e7on \u00e0 tirer des r\u00e9v\u00e9lations d\u2019Edward Snowden sur la surveillance exerc\u00e9e par l\u2019\u00c9tat. Leur capacit\u00e9 de sauver ou d\u2019an\u00e9antir la classe moyenne, de creuser ou de r\u00e9duire les in\u00e9galit\u00e9s n\u2019est pas pr\u00e9d\u00e9termin\u00e9e. Si nous souhaitons voir des drones livrer des couches, des voitures circuler sans chauffeur et le climat remodel\u00e9 par l\u2019homme dans un proche avenir, c\u2019est \u00e0 nous qu\u2019il revient d\u2019utiliser les technologies au service du bien.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"image-caption\">Photo: Shutterstock<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Les technologies nous semblent globalement b\u00e9n\u00e9-fiques. 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