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Losing sight of the “big picture” while fixated on a detail
Thinking selfishly of a small profit, of a small measure and closing one’s eyes to the overall plan is to rush towards one’s own downfall and that of others. Believing that one will be spared is an illusion. One must think of the general interest, of the vision of society as a whole when one…
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Canada: elbows up is not enough
Canada. “Sortons les coudes”: le nouveau cri de ralliement des Canadiens– La liberté: https://www.laliberte.ch/articles/sortons-les-coudes-le-nouveau-cri-de-ralliement-des-canadiens-993528 Why did Justin Trudeau resign? He was legitimate since he had been elected by Canadians. If he doubted his legitimacy, he could have organized referendums on specific issues instead of speculating and making it personal. Politicians, please! Do not make the same…
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Conditional military assistance
Development cooperation and security assistance must be conditional on adherence to the universal humanist values of the Enlightenment therefore also valid for women and the preservation of the environment. . Assistance must not be given to a dictatorial regime that oppresses its population. The United States’ unconditional support for Israel, which practices an apartheid regime…
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What I am worth depends neither on market nor on race
Today, to be worthy you have to…be good-lookinghave a well-paid jobown your own homehave lots of new clotheshave a huge carhave talented childrenknow how to cook trendy dishes with lots of accessorieshave the latest iPhonego to the beauticianwork outhave plastic surgerygo on vacation abroadtake selfiesbe whitehave followerspursue long studieshave perfect teethbe computer literatebe skinnyalways buy…
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Let’s democratize art
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Démocratisons l’art
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We are just vehicules to ensure the gene’s immortality
We are just vehicules to ensure the gene’s immortality – “Robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes”. “Different sorts of survival machine appear very varied on the outside and in their internal organs. An octopus is nothing like a mouse, and both are quite different from an oak tree. Yet in their fundamental…
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Brainstorm
Brainstorm Jacques Higelin – J’suis qu’un grain de poussière : https://youtu.be/GN8nt48lEzc What is dust made of? – Michael Marder – TED-Ed: https://youtu.be/P21a5Uty-uc Jacques Higelin: “je voulais faire tout péter”- TV5monde: https://youtu.be/mSvSb4KK0-A
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AI: Artificial Intelligence
What a surprise to find a comic strip on Artificial Intelligence written by somebody called Montaigne!: Marion Montaigne présente l’Intelligence artificielle: https://youtu.be/DtdoNksCtmE Indeed, Montaigne discusses in the Essays whether the savages found mainly in Brazil are human beings or not and whether they should be considered humans, the way the barbarians in Ancient Greece have been…