Paris, October 2017. It begins like in a fairy tale: knock, knock, knock, “- Who’ s there?”. But, in front of this wooden door, which could be the grandmother’s in the Tales of Mother Goose, there is no need to […]
Things are now clear: it is not the replacement of humans by robots that is on the horizon of our professional lives, but a shift in work, a reconfiguration of everyone’s places and tasks. We have been coping with automated […]
We live in a quantified, evidence-based world in which more and more of our actions are framed by indicators and figures that support or evaluate them. Basically, our day-to-day experience increasingly looks like a mix of elementary schools where grades […]
Singapore, february 2017. In this building of an international company, one has to show her identity card at the entrance booth in order to go a step further. A passeport should work. Yet the desk clerk hesitates, then asks again […]
Köln, october 2016. It’s Friday afternoon, the train just arrived at the platform, and passengers get off the train. Some are familiar with the station and go directly to the exit, while others meet again some family members or friends. […]
Trying to convince people to adopt responsible practices is not an easy thing, especially when it comes to ecology. Certainly, the difficulty to render the consequences of our actions tangible has a lot to do with it. Even if we […]
Bordeaux, March 2016. The train was quite ordinary, its gray dress on the ten cars reflecting sunlight. Yet, this train is not like the others: on the locomotive, a faded sticker draws the eye of the traveler. It was 25 […]
Paris, november 2015. Everyone has been sat down into the meeting room for hours, during several consecutive days. Discussions have been rather polite and quiet, other have been more animated, even harsh. The various opinions have been expressed, shared and […]
Denver, november 2015. The role of measurements is key in a wide range of situations. In the scientific practice, a tool as simple as a scale is regularly used to weigh a known substance in the course of an experiment. […]
The project had raised the most striking debates. Some people, the wealthiest, were completely opposed to it. They had found many circuitous routes to explain how bad this idea was, never telling directly why they actually didn’t want public housing […]