Watching the staggering news coming out of the US every day (and there will surely be more between the time I finish writing this and the time it’s published), it’s hard to find a logic, to decipher a strategy. I…
Endless discussions about the number of migrants to be admitted occupy the media in all countries: some say that more are needed to fill jobs that are vacant due to a lack of skills or the refusal of nationals to…
Too often, when we observe a phenomenon, we forget to ask ourselves two essential questions: Is it new? Does it exist elsewhere? And yet, comparisons in time and space make an enormous contribution to forward-looking analysis. For example, we can’t…
During the sixth decade of the 20th century, a dazzling intellectual and political movement, the Situationist International, developed the idea that modern society was no more than a spectacle given to humans. In one of the movement’s landmark books, “The…
There’s one question everyone should always ask themselves: who needs me? Anyone who answers “Nobody” is in great danger. Because, in the end, we are only defended, supported and protected by those who, for rational or emotional reasons, have an…
According to a fundamental theory of physics, the theory of information, noise becomes information when it makes sense in a frame of reference. When it doesn’t make sense, it interferes with the circulation of information, and can destroy the frame…
A very famous British comedian and actor, Ricky Gervais, recently asked his audience, “If a visitor came to see you from 2045, and you were allowed to ask them just one question, what would it be?” The answers were very…
Some people would like to believe that the direction of history is irreversible, and that battles for the environment and for fair treatment at work for women and people from diverse backgrounds will win out everywhere. They like to think…
On the scale of each of our lives and each of the seven communities of which we are members (family, circle of friends, company, place of living, country, all human beings, all living beings), we too often let ourselves be…
