What do Cato the Elder, Voltaire, and Pierre Mendes France have in common? All three, like many other politicians and intellectuals around the world, understood that for an idea to gain traction, it had to be repeated over and over…
Among the thousands of matters that were overlooked and that are now coming to light because of the current situation, one such matter is or should be the major role that the voluntary sector and all other voluntary activities, whether…
A self-induced crisis, the greatest in a century; deliberately triggered by almost all of humanity to save lives because only isolation could protect them. A crisis with immense costs: hundreds of millions of jobs lost or threatened; the disappearance of…
Much, too much ado about comparing the current economic crisis to past ones, and not enough about the current epidemic to previous ones. Yet, if we were to dig in this direction, we would soon discover something that should make…
During the terrible times, which many human beings have endured for a long time, and of which the current crisis has made us aware, we need to relearn four forgotten feelings: gratitude, for those on the front line; empathy, for…
Today, nothing is more urgent than controlling the two tsunamis—the public health and economic crises—that are battering the world. There is no guarantee that we will manage to achieve it. But if we fail, very dark years lie ahead. The…
A good skier knows, in a slalom race, to pass through a gate, you must think ahead about preparing for the next gate. And it is true for everything: the best way to deal with a crisis is to act…
Folks no longer have any doubts: this pandemic will have a huge impact on the world. First of all, it cannot be ruled out that the pandemic will be much more lethal than it is today; that health systems will…
When confronted with an attitude that we consider to be shocking, or perhaps scandalous, crazy, and unacceptable, we must first try to explain it. Not to justify such attitude, but to better understand how to deal with it, and particularly…
