All left-wing parties consciously or unconsciously aspire to a revolution. You see, the French and Russian Revolutions have imbued the collective unconscious with a romantic notion of emancipation, while the reality is much darker. One gave birth to the Terror and the massacre of the Vendée, the other was the precursor to what would become mass incarceration and the millions…
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The culture of cancellation is strong today. We all live with a sword of Damocles hanging over our heads: maybe one day, what we have said or done during our lives will be disowned and criticized by those who follow us. Do we have to live with fear in our stomachs to escape a future popular vindication? The culture of…
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Simplification is the work of geniuses or simpletons. What strikes me most in our time is the great propensity to want to simplify everything. Conspiracy is the attempt to simplify the causality of events even though this contributes to moving away from the truth. The human mind has difficulty in grasping contradictions. Yet it is from these contradictions that complexity…
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You want to implement radical honesty because you think it can make you happier. First of all, you need to define precisely the contours of honesty at the risk of falling into pitfalls you hadn’t anticipated. Honesty is a skill Honesty can be learned the way you learn to code. If you don’t make a conscious choice to be more…
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Want to know the voices of happiness? I share with you this synthetic mind map that gives you 4 ideas of how to be happier. Have a good read Flaws are not what we think they are The main problem is not that you have flaws, but that they are the ones that drive you. Personality vs. individuality You have…
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Here is a video I came across. It explains the steps to follow in order to sell or convince in writing. This art is called copywriting. It was particularly popular in the United States during periods when the way to prospect for new customers was mainly by mail. Today, everything happens on the internet, of course, but the principles remain…
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It’s not always easy to know what vocation to choose. Sometimes it’s easier to choose by elimination. When you don’t know what you want, you often know what you don’t want. Here are three recommendations from Cal Newport’s book “So good, they can’t ignore you” The job offers few opportunities to set yourself apart by developing relevant (rare and valuable)…
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Henri Bergson “Art aims to imprint feelings in us rather than to express them.” “Act as a man of thought and think as a man of action” “Choose, therefore exclude” “There are things which intelligence alone is capable of seeking, but which by itself it will never find. These things, instinct alone would find, but it will never seek them”…
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