Humanity has followed a path that has materialised in a particular trajectory with regard to the notion of wealth. In time immemorial, wealth was spiritual power. In hunter-gatherer tribes, it was always the shamans who ruled over other humans. The land belonged to no one, since they had not yet initiated the sedentarisation that followed the mastery of agriculture. As…
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We are increasingly told that it is wrong to have an ego and even an identity. While this idea is rooted in philosophical or spiritual traditions (Taoism, Buddhism, etc.), it is also the work of new age movements that propose ways to achieve happiness. While it is true that it is rather disabling to have an oversized ego, it is…
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We can deplore the imposition of a self-righteousness, of a way of thinking that annihilates the plurality of opinions and the thousand ways of seeing the world. Internet allows a return of paganism while we have the impression that globalization and its standardizing speeches only make us clones. Plurality of myths equals plurality of groups Why did the monotheisms fight…
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If there was to be a book equivalent to Sun Tzu’s Art of War for the land of the rising sun, it would be the one we are going to deal with today: the book of the 5 rings (also called the book of the 5 wheels) by Miyamoto Musashi. Much more than a military strategy book, it is a…
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Life has become a bucket list, a list of things to do before you die such as skydiving, petting dolphins, climbing the Himalayas. Should we be happy with such a society that is not short of imagination when it comes to planning its next vacation? We have definitely entered the era of the leisure society, at least for a part…
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4 key skills for the 21st century and yet so timeless The information age is above all the age of communication, but are we worthy representatives of these four verbs: listening, reading, writing and speaking? They seem simple and acquired, but they have never been so imperfectly mastered. These skills, which until the 20th century were the prerogative of the…
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You have a responsibility. You are the worthy representative of all the components of your identity. You are the ambassador of your nation, your religion, your gender, your political orientation, etc. When you speak or act, the world looks at you, scrutinizes you and ultimately judges you. Even if we should not build our lives according to the gaze…
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Marcus Aurelius (121-180). Roman emperor (161-180). He fought victoriously against the Parthians and the Germans and was a skillful administrator. His thoughts are one of the great texts of Stoic philosophy. “Accomplish each act of your life as if it were to be the last”. “Beyond you is the source of good, a source that can always spring up, if…
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If there is one author who has managed to stand out by approaching the theme of risk in a different way, it is Nassim Taleb. Through his previous works, the former trader manages to explain in a style accessible to the public; concepts that have to do with finance or the dimension of chance in general. Let’s take a look…
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What is the Industrial Revolution if not a paradigm shift in the relationship to work? Before the Industrial Revolution, workers were experts in their field. They mastered a set of skills that allowed them to produce an object or perform a relatively complex action. Thus, a knight could hardly improvise himself as a farmer and vice versa. If it is…
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