Tag: Fort
“Sensitivity readers”: the world of books is now under surveillance, by Sylvain Fort
For a long time I wondered why I was so revolted by the sensitivity readers. I am talking about those employees of publishing houses responsible for sifting literary texts through…
Le Maire and Schiappa controversies: when did we switch to this puritanism? By Sylvain Fort
It’s still funny, this idea that a minister should not write, but devote himself entirely to his task, day and night, without unhitching. That publishing a book, a fortiori a…
Rima Abdul-Malak, Pap Ndiaye… The risks of “within range of yelling”, by Sylvain Fort
If there is a frankly unbearable term in the political vocabulary, it is “within reach of engueulade”. This expression designates the fact for a political leader to dare to go…
“The 100 days” of Macron, symbol of a France whose horizon is shrinking, by Sylvain Fort
Something has not been said about the milestone of “100 days” designated by Emmanuel Macron. Oh, of course, there was something ironically reminiscent of the Emperor’s Hundred Days, that triumphal…
Pensions: the spirit of reform has completely frozen in France, by Sylvain Fort
The pension reform raised the question of work. The question of work raises the question of training. The question of training raises the question of demography. The question of demography…
Any diplomatic victory won by Emmanuel Macron is ours, by Sylvain Fort
The famous “return of war in Europe” has not only brought back buried specters of violence and barbarism. It broke all balances, on a planetary scale. The tectonic plates of…
AI is not a scientific revolution, but an anthropological one, by Sylvain Fort
In a few weeks, artificial intelligence (AI) has gone from being a fascinating novelty to a worrying threat to almost everything that weaves our societies together. Not so long ago,…
We wanted to show Charles III a France that does not exist, by Sylvain Fort
Canceling the visit to France of King Charles III for reasons of social tension is obviously not very glorious. From the Brussels press conference of the President of the Republic,…
When France sells off its national treasures, by Sylvain Fort
This week, I’m going to tell you a wonderful story. It is that of a medieval manuscript called the “Codex Irmengard”. It was made in the 11th century in Germany,…
Let’s break the taboo on the competence of our elected officials, by Sylvain Fort
In our democracy, all elected officials have one thing in common: during a campaign, they were able to convince their fellow citizens of the relevance of the changes they promise…