{"id":1353,"date":"2026-08-13T05:15:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T05:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/driss-boussaoud.rovexen.com\/?page_id=1353"},"modified":"2026-09-01T05:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T05:34:22","slug":"dimension-civilisationnelle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/driss-boussaoud.rovexen.com\/en\/dimension-civilisationnelle\/","title":{"rendered":"CIVILIZATIONAL DIMENSION"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What happens to a society when its presence changes form?\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe live in societies where it is possible to be constantly connected without actually being in each other's presence.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis paradox is not just a technological fact. It reveals something more fundamental: for the first time in human history, the architectures that organize collective life \u2014 work, relationships, learning, the city itself \u2014 can function without the physical co-presence that has shaped them for millennia.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe transformations at play are multiple and convergent: urbanization, remote work, digital social networks, mediated interactions. Taken separately, each seems insignificant. Together, they profoundly alter the forms of presence in which the human brain has developed\u2014and continues to regulate itself.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe civilizational dimension of The Brain of Presence poses a question that neither technology nor sociology alone can adequately formulate: what becomes of a society when connection gradually replaces presence? It explores the consequences of these transformations on loneliness, isolation, development, mental health and new forms of social connection \u2014 starting from the brain and extending to civilization.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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A civilization of absent presence <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat happens to a society when connection is omnipresent but physical presence is becoming rare? The first article in this series sets the stage for an unprecedented civilizational transformation \u2014 and what the brain, built for co-presence, does with it.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Solitude, isolation, and the social brain \u2014 a contemporary paradox (in preparation)\n\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLoneliness is now recognized as a biological risk factor comparable to smoking. Yet, we live in societies more connected than ever. This article explores why loneliness has such profound effects on the brain and body\u2014and what this silent epidemic reveals about our fundamental need for presence.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Are social networks truly social? (in preparation)\n\n\n\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA \"like,\" a notification, a message read without a reply\u2014the brain tries to read the same information it has always sought: is someone really there? This article examines whether digital technologies truly reproduce the properties of human presence, or whether they offer a simulation convincing enough to fool the system\u2014and at what cost.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Artificial Presence \u2014 Robots, AI and New Forms of Connection (in preparation)\n\n\n\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHumanoid robots are altering our cognitive performance in the same way a human observer would. Conversational AI can trigger a feeling of companionship. These phenomena raise a question that the biology of presence compels us to take seriously: what makes a presence a presence\u2014and where is the line between real presence and the illusion of presence?\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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THE DIMENSIONS OF PRESENCE<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPHENOMENOLOGICAL DIMENSION<\/a>\n\n \n

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BIOLOGICAL DIMENSION<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Que devient une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 lorsque la pr\u00e9sence change de forme ? Nous vivons dans des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s o\u00f9 il est possible […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1353","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/driss-boussaoud.rovexen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/driss-boussaoud.rovexen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/driss-boussaoud.rovexen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driss-boussaoud.rovexen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driss-boussaoud.rovexen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1353"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/driss-boussaoud.rovexen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2811,"href":"https:\/\/driss-boussaoud.rovexen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1353\/revisions\/2811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/driss-boussaoud.rovexen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}