Pensare l'impersonale tra vitalismo e macchinismo. Come resistere alla governamentalità algoritmica?

Deleuze has left us with two key texts: "Postscript on the Societies of Control" and "Immanence: A Life…". At first glance, these essays may appear unrelated. The former warns of the danger that individuals today are being reduced to mere numbers by the machines that govern our societies, while the latter explores the concept of an immanent and impersonal life. This article aims to bridge these two texts. First, it argues that contemporary society has indeed become a system of control, dominated by machines and statistical methods. To support this, the concept of algorithmic governmentality, developed by Antoinette Rouvroy, will be employed to examine how individuals are increasingly forced into anonymity. Secondly, the article reconsiders the Deleuzian notion of the impersonal, which is always tied to a life. Impersonality stands in stark contrast to the Cartesian subject, which is defined by its unity and identity. However, Deleuze’s impersonality should not be mistaken for the anonymity imposed by systems of power. Rather, an impersonal life is a virtual multiplicity. In today’s context, it may represent the only viable form of resistance against the regime of quantitative, digital truth that now dominates our societies.