THUMBELINA THUMBELINA The Culture and Technology of Millennials Michel Serres Translated by Daniel W. Smith London • New York PublishedbyRowman&LittlefieldInternational,Ltd. UnitA,WhitacreMews,26-34StanneryStreet,LondonSE114AB www.rowmaninternational.com Rowman&LittlefieldInternational,Ltd.isanaffiliateofRowman& Littlefield 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706,USA WithadditionalofficesinBoulder,NewYork,Toronto(Canada),and Plymouth(UK) www.rowman.com ThisEnglishtranslationcopyright©2015Rowman&Littlefield International OriginallypublishedinFrenchasPetitePoucette©EditionsLe Pommier2012 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyform orbyanyelectronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorage andretrievalsystems,withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher, exceptbyareviewerwhomayquotepassagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN:HB978-1-78348-070-8 ISBN:PB978-1-78348-071-5 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Serres,Michel. [Petitepoucette.English] Thumbelina:thecultureandtechnologyofmillennials/MichelSerres;translatedby DanielW.Smith. pagescm. ISBN978-1-78348-070-8(cloth:alk.paper)–ISBN978-1-78348-071-5(pbk.:alk. paper)–ISBN978-1-78348-072-2(ebook) 1.Informationsociety–Socialaspects.I.Title. B2430.S463P58132014 303.48'3–dc23 2014029856 TMThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofAmerican NationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibrary Materials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica For Hélène, the teacher of Thumbelina’s teachers who listens to those who listen to her For Jacques, a poet, who makes them sing