For millennia, we have divided labor, drawn boundaries, and differentiated between domains: public and private, moral and immoral, the Polis versus the barbarians, what belongs to Caesar and what belongs to God, the Latin world and the Slavic world. Today, however, digital technology transcends borders. It is difficult to avoid value judgments when discussing transgression: one is either seen as a bold innovator dismantling silos, lowering protectionist barriers, and challenging outdated hierarchies—or as a conservative defending established boundaries and viewing any disruption as inherently suspect. In this chapter, we examine digital transgression without making value judgments. The goal is not to assess the dangers of the digital revolution in relation to its benefits, since countless books already highlight its contributions to research, healthcare, manufacturing, development in the Global South, comfort, security, and agriculture (from robots for tomato-leaf-removal to AI analysis of sensor, drone, or satellite data to monitor crop health and forecast yields). Rather, our aim is to understand why this transgression has such far-reaching social implications, establishing a new universal order.

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A New Society: Open Source, Access, Transgression

  • Pierre Beckouche

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For millennia, we have divided labor, drawn boundaries, and differentiated between domains: public and private, moral and immoral, the Polis versus the barbarians, what belongs to Caesar and what belongs to God, the Latin world and the Slavic world. Today, however, digital technology transcends borders. It is difficult to avoid value judgments when discussing transgression: one is either seen as a bold innovator dismantling silos, lowering protectionist barriers, and challenging outdated hierarchies—or as a conservative defending established boundaries and viewing any disruption as inherently suspect. In this chapter, we examine digital transgression without making value judgments. The goal is not to assess the dangers of the digital revolution in relation to its benefits, since countless books already highlight its contributions to research, healthcare, manufacturing, development in the Global South, comfort, security, and agriculture (from robots for tomato-leaf-removal to AI analysis of sensor, drone, or satellite data to monitor crop health and forecast yields). Rather, our aim is to understand why this transgression has such far-reaching social implications, establishing a new universal order.