Fighting replaceability by fighting superficiality. The tools we have at our disposal to communicate serve us until the day we realize that we are at their service through the dependency we have created for ourselves. In his book, “The Shallows”, Nicholas G. Carr explains the cognitive harms of embracing a lifestyle in which the machine and artificial intelligence would have…
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Let us preserve through wisdom what we have acquired through enthusiasm. Nicolas de Condorcet Nicolas de Condorcet, born on September 17, 1743 in Ribemont and died on March 29, 1794 in Bourg-la-Reine, is a French mathematician, philosopher, politician and publisher, representative of the Enlightenment. We are the fruit of what we have been and we remain what we have been…
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Men see necessity only in crisis. Jean Monnet Jean Monnet, born November 9, 1888 in Cognac and died March 16, 1979 in Houjarray (Bazoches-sur-Guyonne), is a French international civil servant, international banker, promoter of Atlanticism and free trade. He is considered one of the “fathers of Europe”. Crises make us aware of the precious and yet so innocuous goods that…
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He who has stooped before the ant no longer has to stoop before the lion. Henri Michaux Henri Michaux, born in Namur on May 24, 1899 and died in Paris on October 19, 1984, is a writer, poet and painter of Belgian origin of French expression naturalized in 1955. The only humility worth expressing is that towards the humblest. Humility…
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So your interest is always the compass that our opinions follow. Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, born in Sauve on 6 March 1755 and died in Sceaux on 13 September 1794, was a French playwright, novelist, poet and fabulist. It is difficult to assess the sincerity of our convictions, a fortiori if they are political. We tend,…
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The true traveller should have no objectives. Gao Xingjian Gao Xingjian (Chinese: 高行健; pinyin: Gāo Xíngjiàn), born on 4 January 1940 in Ganzhou, China, is a French writer, playwright, director and painter of Chinese origin who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000. Is travelling discovering or discovering yourself? Probably both, or rather it is the promise of…
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None of us is complete on its own. Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf, born Adeline Virginia Alexandra Stephen on 25 January 1882 in London and died on 28 March 1941 in Rodmell (United Kingdom), was an English woman of letters. She is one of the leading modernist writers of the 20th century. We come into the world alone and we leave…
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One always admires the work in which one finds one’s thoughts. Suzanne Curchod Suzanne Necker, borned Curchod, born on 2 June 1737 in Crassier and died on 6 May 1794 in Beaulieu, was a Franco-Swiss woman of letters and salonnière. Here we have a reformulation of the concept of confirmation bias so popular today. The human tendency is to seek…
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One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself. Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (Italian: Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci listen, known as Leonardo da Vinci), born on 15 April 1452 in Vinci (Tuscany) and died on 2 May 1519 in Amboise (Touraine), was an Italian painter and a…
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Do not leave your dog on a leash if you want him to be attached to you. Albert Willemetz Albert Willemetz was a French librettist, lyricist and scriptwriter, born in Paris on 14 February 18871 and died in Marnes-la-Coquette on 7 October 1964 (aged 77). The dog is here the metaphor of a friend or any other life companion. It…
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