Society

«Under certain conditions, intelligence predisposes to error».»

By Yann Costa · 26 June 2025

French essayist Samuel Fitoussi publishes «Pourquoi les intellectuels se trompent», an incisive essay on the mechanisms that drive certain brilliant minds to defend absurd ideas, with sometimes disastrous consequences.

Photography

From artistic singularity to formatted thinking

By Nicolas Brodard · June 17, 2025

One of the members of our editorial team recently received a definitive rejection from an art school. His work was deemed insufficiently imbued with a certain type of «critical» discourse. His testimony serves as a warning.

Society

Demanding the best from the elite

By Jonas Follonier · 14 June 2025

To criticize the elites is not to reject them, but rather to believe in their mission. Provided we don't fall into systematic opposition.

Switzerland

Céline Vara and the revolt of the elites

By Raphaël Pomey · 10 May 2025

In the spotlight for flying to the Arabian Peninsula, the green politician paid a heartfelt tribute to the thinking of American historian Christopher Lasch, author of «The Revolt of the Elites» (1994).