Two seemingly unrelated events should serve as a wake-up call to the dangers facing education systems around the world. First, in France, it has become so difficult to find and keep teachers that they are now recruited by interview. Already…
Listen to this article : I am sometimes criticised for putting forward worst-case scenarios. The most recent events, in France as elsewhere in the world, should have convinced the most optimistic that the worst is not impossible, and that…
It is clear to everyone that we refuse to face up to many essential realities: Collectively, we deny the reality of global warming, the collapse of biodiversity, the threat of nuclear conflict, water scarcity, deadly air pollution, rampant inflation and…
Listen to this article : As a new presidential term begins, and after so much noise and fury, it is time to reflect on the country we would dream of living in five years’ time, to describe it and…
Listen to this article : Much has already been said about Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter; much has been admired or decried that it is possible for a single man to spend over $40 billion to buy a company,…
Listen to this article : If a world war is defined by the confrontation of two armies, bringing together soldiers and armaments from most of the countries on the planet, the third world war started a long time ago….
Listen to this article : What will be left of tonight’s debate in five years? How will it have guided the French in their choices? In what way will it have spoken about the essential issues that the next…
Listen to this article : It was difficult, some would say impossible, in 2017 to predict what might happen in the next five years. And yet, many people at that time had predicted and described the possibility of a…
Listen to this article : On the eve of a major election, nothing is more important than to avoid being influenced by moodiness or last-minute incidents. What matters most is not whether a candidate is likeable or arrogant, but…
