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Éloge de la hauteur
Éloge de la hauteur
Lorsqu’on occupe l’espace, faut-il s’élever ou plutôt s’étaler? La question est ancienne, et n‘a jamais cessé de déchaîner les passions.
Arthur Gilly
Nov 18, 2018
Language doesn’t need respect or admiration — it needs improvement.
Language doesn’t need respect or admiration — it needs improvement.
Reviving the debate around synthetic languages could improve communication amidst the deluge of words we experience today.
Arthur Gilly
Apr 2, 2017
Don’t let machines become better men
Don’t let machines become better men
To survive the fourth industrial revolution, actors in the job market must change how they think about standards and regulations.
Arthur Gilly
Sep 3, 2016
Agentism and the limits of control
Agentism and the limits of control
A theory from the 1960’s can help us understand contemporary changes in work culture and the perception of our social usefulness.
Arthur Gilly
Sep 1, 2016
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Tolerance and debating
Tolerance and debating
An essay on tolerance raises questions about equality, freedom and the meaning of intellectual confrontation.
Arthur Gilly
Aug 21, 2016
Is tolerance a virtue?
Is tolerance a virtue?
Politicians are praising tolerance as a cure-all, and grounding their argument in moral values. But those are not as universal as they…
Arthur Gilly
Aug 17, 2016
Fear itself
Fear itself
All around us, the optimisation craze keeps getting stronger, with little regard to our emotional integrity. Fear of missing out has become…
Arthur Gilly
Jun 12, 2016
Wir hätten es schaffen können
Wir hätten es schaffen können
The refugee crisis is symptomatic of a failure, not of European institutions, but of the moral drive of European peoples.
Arthur Gilly
May 11, 2016
The metaphysics of nerdiness
The metaphysics of nerdiness
On the curious survivance of “scapegoat theory” in Silicon Valley. By Adrian Daub.
Arthur Gilly
May 8, 2016
Reason, Logic and Paranoia
Reason, Logic and Paranoia
The current state of our debating culture. By René Scheu.
Arthur Gilly
Apr 17, 2016
La tyrannie de la créativité
La tyrannie de la créativité
Il existe un dogme propre à notre époque, selon lequel tout homme doit faire preuve de créativité. Cet impératif, formulé à l’origine au…
Arthur Gilly
Apr 16, 2016
Répondre à l’impensable
Répondre à l’impensable
Notre réaction aux attentats ne doit pas être uniquement sécuritaire.
Arthur Gilly
Jan 10, 2016
Of teachers and nurses
Of teachers and nurses
An open letter to the disgruntled middle class, about venture capitalists and the Silicon Valley.
Arthur Gilly
Jan 6, 2016
The many virtues of condescendence
The many virtues of condescendence
or how Frenchmen write inspirational stories
Arthur Gilly
Dec 31, 2015
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