« C'est l'ensemble de notre humanité qui est impacté par les écrans » (Millénaire 3 interview)
Millénaire 3, the foresight publication of the Métropole de Lyon — the public authority of Desmurget's own home region, where his INSERM lab (Institut des sciences cognitives Marc Jeannerod) is based — published this extended interview by Cédric Polère in April 2024. Desmurget restates his synthesis in civic terms: heavy recreational screen use in children is, in the research he reviews, associated with weaker language, concentration, and school achievement, and he argues the erosion runs beyond test scores to empathy, attention, and shared culture — « l'ensemble de notre humanité ». He connects declining reading skill among French school-leavers to civic vulnerability, contending that citizens who read poorly are easier targets for misinformation, and again offers reading as the counter-habit. TechKids includes it as a rare local-government-published interview, showing his argument entering French public-policy discussion, not just media debate.
The figure Desmurget cites in the interview for average daily recreational screen use by French teenagers, consistent with the framing figures of his 2019 book.
Polère, Cédric. « Michel Desmurget : 'C'est l'ensemble de notre humanité qui est impacté par les écrans' ». Millénaire 3, Métropole de Lyon, April 16, 2024.