What if modernity's Achilles' heel wasn't so much economic or social as demographic? British essayist Louise Perry shows how the declining birth rate in the West could precipitate the end of the model that has shaped two centuries of progress.
The economic success of the West was made possible by the valorization of bourgeois virtues and freedom. They were ignited in 1848. Switzerland is a perfect example.
Children's early exposure to phones and tablets is causing concern around the world. Over and above the substance, this debate reveals just how decisive the first years of life are for the future of our societies.
Est-ce qu’un documentaire implique une plus grande responsabilité de son réalisateur face à la réalité qu’une œuvre de fiction? Oui, sans aucun doute – c’est du moins le postulat que je défends au sortir du festival international du film alpin des Diablerets.
Carl Jung would have said: people don't have ideas, ideas possess them. The assassin who killed Charlie Kirk on an American campus last month, because he didn't share the same ideas, confirmed that the West's problem is spiritual.
Economics is a language of models and equations. Yet its foundations are philosophical. Giving heterodox currents back their rightful place means restoring the vitality and pluralism of this discipline - and thus its link with liberalism.
Surveys are unanimous: the level of basic knowledge among students in Switzerland is plummeting. The PLR, now in charge of the education departments in several French-speaking cantons after a long period of power from the left, is expected to take a stand.
In 2014, France was the scene of a scientific controversy involving two renowned researchers: Catherine Vidal and Franck Ramus. At the heart of the debate: the differences between male and female brains. A decade later, what remains?
Although the Swiss e-ID solution approved by the electorate on Sunday is not very centralized and guarantees privacy, it does entail a risk that should be prevented, for example by means of another vote.
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