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Reconnaissance faciale, 5G : les choix technologiques ne doivent plus échapper aux citoyens (Le Mouton numérique, Libération)

Reconnaissance faciale, 5G : les choix technologiques ne doivent plus échapper aux citoyens (Le Mouton numérique, Libération)

Les controverses liées au numérique se multiplient. Cependant, prises unes à unes, elles ne permettent pas de voir un enjeu plus global : le cruel manque de démocratie dans ces décisions. Pas une semaine ne passe sans qu’un scandale lié aux nouvelles technologies n’éclate. A peine voit-on les dégâts

The cultural foundations of modern democracies (Nature Human Behaviour)

The cultural foundations of modern democracies (Nature Human Behaviour)

(…) Cultural values lead to, rather than follow, the emergence of democracy. This indicates that current stable democracies will be under threat, should cultural values of openness to diversity and institutional confidence substantially decline. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-019-0769-1 https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0769-1

How to Encourage Employees to Assume Best Intent (Inc)

How to Encourage Employees to Assume Best Intent (Inc)

(…) Assume best intent simply means that you opt to give people the benefit of the doubt, rather than assuming that they are out to get you. If someone sends a seemingly rude email, we can assume that they want to embarrass us in front of the people copied or we

The real class war (American Affairs)

The real class war (American Affairs)

(…) The socioeconomic divide that will determine the future of politics, particularly in the United States, is not between the top 30 percent or 10 percent and the rest, nor even between the 1 percent and the 99 percent. The real class war is between the 0.1 percent

Adopting and Developing Business Source License Software (MariaDB)

Adopting and Developing Business Source License Software (MariaDB)

Business Source License (BSL) was created (…) to provide a mutually beneficial balance between the user benefits of true Open Source software that is free of cost and provides open access to all of the product code for modification, distribution, etc., and the sustainability needs of software developers to continue delivering

On Privacy versus Freedom (Matthew Hodgson, Matrix)

On Privacy versus Freedom (Matthew Hodgson, Matrix)

(…) All of this completely ignores one critical thing - the value of freedom. Freedom to select which server to use. Freedom to run your own server (perhaps invisibly in your app, in a P2P world). Freedom to pick which country your server runs in. Freedom to select how much metadata

No Brown M&M's: Van Halen's Insane Contract Clause (Entrepreneur)

Business & Economy

No Brown M&M's: Van Halen's Insane Contract Clause (Entrepreneur)

At first glance it appears to be a crowning symbol of obnoxious rock star excess, yet a closer look reveals a deeper story about how a band used a tiny candy to alert them to major problems. The 1970s saw the rise of Van Halen. Like every band, when Van

Pour résoudre le problème écologique, il faudra baisser notre pouvoir d'achat (Jancovici, Marianne)

Pour résoudre le problème écologique, il faudra baisser notre pouvoir d'achat (Jancovici, Marianne)

> Tout ce qui nous a contraint jusqu’à maintenant dans cette gloutonnerie énergétique n’a été que des contraintes externes : déficits locaux ou autolimitation liées à des risques considérés comme trop importants. Il est donc vraisemblable qu’il en sera de même dans les vingt années qui viennent, et donc

Takeaways from coaching CEOs, founders and VCs (Leo Widrich)

Takeaways from coaching CEOs, founders and VCs (Leo Widrich)

(…) When I ask people what the most difficult thing is about being a founder, CEO, VC or otherwise high-achieving individual, some answers are this: hiring, fund-raising, sales, building the team, etc. What I’ve learned time and again this year especially, is that this is not the case. The hardest

Simone Weil : une philosophe-reine à l’usine (Paul Colrat, Alternatives Catholiques)

Simone Weil : une philosophe-reine à l’usine (Paul Colrat, Alternatives Catholiques)

Simone Weil rentre chez Alsthom et écrit en 1935 le Journal d’Usine, (...) phénoménologie de la non-pensée inhérente au travail, qui a pour but de décrire l’anesthésie de celui qui travaille. (...) « Mon expérience de l’an passé me permet peut-être d’écrire de manière à alléger un peu le

Is the Catholic Church anti-capitalist? (Jacques-Benoît Rauscher)

Is the Catholic Church anti-capitalist? (Jacques-Benoît Rauscher)

"We can no longer have faith in the blind forces and invisible hand of the market." This quote is not from a political party manifesto, but an apostolic exhortation by Pope Francis in 2013. Far from making the sovereign pontiff a Marxist preacher, these comments are in fact in keeping

‘Absolutely No Mercy’: Leaked Files Expose How China Organized Mass Detentions of Muslims (NY Times)

‘Absolutely No Mercy’: Leaked Files Expose How China Organized Mass Detentions of Muslims (NY Times)

More than 400 pages of internal Chinese documents provide an unprecedented inside look at the crackdown on ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region. The students booked their tickets home at the end of the semester, hoping for a relaxing break after exams and a summer of happy reunions with family

The Set-Up-To-Fail Syndrome (Manzoni, Barsoux, HBR 1998)

The Set-Up-To-Fail Syndrome (Manzoni, Barsoux, HBR 1998)

When an employee fails — or even just performs poorly — managers typically do not blame themselves. The employee doesn’t understand the work, a manager might contend. Or the employee isn’t driven to succeed, can’t set priorities, or won’t take direction. Whatever the reason, the problem is assumed

The Lure of Luxury (Paul Bloom, Boston Review)

The Lure of Luxury (Paul Bloom, Boston Review)

Why would anyone spend thousands of dollars on a Prada handbag, an Armani suit, or a Rolex watch? If you really need to know the time, buy a cheap Timex or just look at your phone and send the money you have saved to Oxfam. Certain consumer behaviors seem irrational,

Doing a Job — The management philosophy of Adm. Hyman G. Rickover (1982, GovLeaders)

Doing a Job — The management philosophy of Adm. Hyman G. Rickover (1982, GovLeaders)

Admiral Hyman Rickover (1900-1986), the “Father of the Nuclear Navy,” was one of the most successful — and controversial — public managers of the 20th Century. His accomplishments are the stuff of legend. For example, in three short years, Rickover’s team designed and built the first nuclear submarine — the Nautilus — an

Building Online Communities (Pieter Hintjens)

Building Online Communities (Pieter Hintjens)

In his book "The Wisdom of Crowds," James Surowiecki wrote, "under the right circumstances, groups are remarkably intelligent, and are often smarter than the smartest people in them." He noted that a collective intelligence usually produces better outcomes than a small group of experts, even if members of the crowd

Are Aerospike Engines Better Than Traditional Rocket Engines? (Tim Dodd, Everyday Astronaut)

Are Aerospike Engines Better Than Traditional Rocket Engines? (Tim Dodd, Everyday Astronaut)

Ok, so you can’t really fire a vacuum optimized engine at sea level… and this, really, is where aerospikes come in. The idea behind aerospikes is you allow the ambient air pressure to actually form the walls containing the flow of the exhaust so it’s always in nearly

Théorie des choix publics (Wikipedia)

Business & Economy

Théorie des choix publics (Wikipedia)

La théorie des choix publics est un courant économique qui décrit le rôle de l'État et le comportement des électeurs, politiques et fonctionnaires. Elle entend ainsi appliquer la théorie économique à la science politique. Le texte fondateur de ce courant est The Calculus of Consent [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Les marques vont-elles disparaître et s’effacer de l’espace public ? (Usbek et Rica)

Les marques vont-elles disparaître et s’effacer de l’espace public ? (Usbek et Rica)

Crise de la consommation, réflexes citoyens exacerbés, nouveaux modes d’achat en vrac... Les signes d’une baisse de l’engouement pour les marques et le monde marchand sont tangibles. Jusqu'à leur disparition ? Après une première tribune [https://usbeketrica.com/article/marques-remplacer-politiques-publiques] autour des marques et des politiques publiques, Mélanie

« La Silicon Valley ne donne plus de pouvoir aux gens, elle les déresponsabilise » (Roger McNamee, Les Échos)

« La Silicon Valley ne donne plus de pouvoir aux gens, elle les déresponsabilise » (Roger McNamee, Les Échos)

Il est l'un des « early investors » de Facebook et a prodigué pendant des années des conseils à Mark Zuckerberg - c'est notamment lui qui lui a suggéré d'engager Sheryl Sandberg. Roger McNamee est aujourd'hui activiste et vient de publier « Facebook, la catastrophe annoncée » chez Quanto. Pour « Les Echos », l'ancien capital-risqueur

Pourquoi les géants des technologies veulent absolument nous vendre des lunettes connectées (Le Figaro)

Business & Economy

Pourquoi les géants des technologies veulent absolument nous vendre des lunettes connectées (Le Figaro)

Amazon a présenté mercredi des lunettes équipées d’Alexa, son assistant vocal. Facebook, Apple et d’autres entreprises du secteur préparent elles aussi leur monture connectée. (...) Malgré ces succès relatifs, l’industrie des nouvelles technologies persiste. Outre Echo Frames, d’autres entreprises travaillent actuellement à la production et la vente

Emergent Tool Use from Multi-Agent Interaction (OpenAI)

Emergent Tool Use from Multi-Agent Interaction (OpenAI)

We’ve observed agents discovering progressively more complex tool use while playing a simple game of hide-and-seek. Through training in our new simulated hide-and-seek environment, agents build a series of six distinct strategies and counterstrategies, some of which we did not know our environment supported. The self-supervised emergent complexity in

40 Favorite Interview Questions from Some of the Sharpest Folks We Know (First Round)

40 Favorite Interview Questions from Some of the Sharpest Folks We Know (First Round)

When you’re scaling quickly, moving at warp speed, and sitting on several hiring panels, interviewing can seem like a task you just need to get through. But it’s worth pausing to remember that the decision to hire someone is an expensive and far-reaching one. And since you’re

Some people are able to control their acoustic reflex to mute sounds around them

Some people are able to control their acoustic reflex to mute sounds around them

Loud sounds can harm our ears, especially if the noise appears all of a sudden. It's because the so-called acoustic reflex [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_reflex] has not enough time to take effect. A car manufacturer has studied this phenomenon because drivers got ear injuries after car accidents.

The Black Hole Engulfing the World's Bond Markets (Bloomberg)

Business & Economy

The Black Hole Engulfing the World's Bond Markets (Bloomberg)

There’s a multitrillion-dollar black hole growing at the heart of the world’s financial markets. Negative-yielding debt -- bonds worth less, not more, if held to maturity -- is spreading to more corners of the bond universe, destroying potential returns for investors and turning the system as we know