Material for thought
Posted in innovation on Jun 28th, 2010
I read about world fairs and utopias while I was curating the Dreams of Progress exhibition last year. A utopia, or a heterotopia such as the world expo, always features inconsistencies or misconceptions. If not, the utopia could be achieved and it would not be a utopia anymore. However, never the inconsistencies of today’s world [...]
Posted in culture on Jun 4th, 2010
In this second post of a series about my visit to the Shanghai World Expo, I’m going to describe some of the stories presented in the national pavilions. The goal is to sell industrial services and manufactured goods, not to really imagine a better city, better life. But because it is the official theme of [...]
Posted in strategy on Apr 6th, 2010
The socio-economist Yann Moulier Boutang and the business strategist Antoine Rebiscoul gave a speech at La ligue des Optimistes (see video in French) and at the Philosophie et Management seminar about possible evolutions of capitalism as we know it today. Here are two interesting points they made among many others. An economy of contribution is [...]
Posted in innovation, strategy on Jan 25th, 2010
Check out the video of the Philosophy and Management Pecha Kucha presentation given by Laurent Ledoux at Recyclart in September 2009. I collaborated with him to prepare the photographs and Polaroids, you can find the details here. I hope it conveys the message and the exciting mission of the Philosophy and Management association.
Posted in philosophy on Nov 8th, 2009
- - - - Pain-free animals could take suffering out of farming, NewScientist – - - - Our daily bread documentary. Welcome to the world of industrial food production and high-tech farming! – - - - Is this post about art, innovation, governance or philosophy? I let you decide…
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