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Policy

Blatten, Gaza and the selection of facts

written by Jonas Follonier

These two seemingly unrelated tragedies, on different scales, reveal the same mechanism: each political camp selects the facts that confirm its beliefs - an old reflex. What should worry us is the disappearance of confrontation between these opinions.

History

Pascal Couchepin's reading: «Apocalypses»

By Pascal Couchepin · 08 December 2022

Chaque mois, retrouvez la chronique d’une des personnalités qui nous font le plaisir de prendre la plume en alternance. Actualité, histoire, politique et philosophie: plongée dans les lectures de Pascal Couchepin. Ce mois-ci, l’ancien conseiller présente «Apocalypses» de Niall Ferguson.

History

When humanity came close to the end of the world

By Jean-David Ponci · October 17, 2022

74,000 years ago, mankind was on the brink of extinction. The cause was the explosion of a volcano. Genetic studies confirm that the human population numbered only a few thousand individuals at that time. Today, the threat of mass extinction remains.