Etiket: capitalism
Noam Chomsky criticizes American imperialism, capitalism and colonialism in “The Withdrawal”
There’s some Noam Chomsky in the air here. After the presentation of the virtual immersion installation Chom5ky vs Chomsky at the NFB last fall, Quebec publishing house Lux is launching…
Adam Smith’s “capabilism”, the antidote par excellence to capitalism
Once a month, The duty challenges philosophy enthusiasts to decipher a current issue based on the theses of a notable thinker. The acceleration of ecological and social crises encourages us…
From the revolutionary ideal to exacerbated capitalism, Thierry Bardini analyzes the “virtual revolution” associated with the advent of personal computing
Once a month, The duty challenges philosophy enthusiasts to decipher a current issue based on the theses of a notable thinker. The setbacks of Twitter (X), purchased at a high…
Hydro-Québec and parasitic capitalism
The author reacts to our interview with Montreal Economic Institute researcher Gabriel Giguère published on July 6, 20231. Posted at 12:55 a.m. Updated at 12:00 p.m. Joannie Ouellette PhD student…
[Opinion] Regulate AI, and get out of algorithmic capitalism
The meteoric rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI), which includes applications like ChatGPT and Midjourney, has resulted in significant hype and debate surrounding the deployment of these technologies. An open…
Essay | The energy transition inside capitalism
There is no need to overturn our economic system to make the energy transition a success, says Professor Pierre-Oliver Pineau in energy balance. We just have to stop “cheating”, in…
[Chronique de Jean-François Lisée] McKinsey, the cabinet of toxic capitalism
We come out frankly stunned from reading When McKinsey Comes to Town (When McKinsey comes to town), the recent book by two journalists from New York Times, Walt Bogdanich and…
[Opinion] What is at stake in Ukraine is the future of globalized capitalism
Far reaching, the conflict in Ukraine is only one phase of a global conflict that began earlier. In the field of international relations, the driving and acting forces are often…
[Opinion] Ideas in reviews | Hydrogen, a buoy for fossil capitalism
Hydrogen is not an energy source like hydrocarbon deposits or renewable energy streams that we recover through conversion technologies such as solar panels, hydroelectric plants or wind turbines. [Il] must…
“Final sale”: deadly capitalism | The duty
A small exhibition at the Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA) traces an exciting and disturbing history of the modern world turned towards the consumption of ever new and more attractive…
[Critique] “Citizen Sleeper”: In the Ruins of Capitalism
The cyberpunk wave continues and it never ceases to amaze us. Citizen Sleepera new sci-fi point-and-click role-playing game, is full of touching, even fascinating stories that take us to the…
[Entrevue] Jean-François Nadeau is giving capitalism a “bad time”
Journalist Jean-François Nadeau publishes these days Bad weather, a collection of his chronicles of recent years with a meaningful title. The trained historian often has the impression of running out…
the president of the Institute of Positive Economy pleads for “patient capitalism”
Audrey Tcherkoff, president of the Institute of Positive Economics, argues for work focused on “longer times” without “disastrous” impact on the planet. Article written by Published on 05/05/2022 20:46 Update…
Nearly 400 people demonstrate in Bordeaux against “fascism and capitalism”
A dual event. In Bordeaux, 390 people (according to the count of the police) marched to denounce “fascism and capitalism” according to the title of the appeal of the six…
“These carpets that shape us”: the carpet as a metaphor for the net stretched by capitalism
In the era of late capitalism in which we live, everything seems designed to parasitize our desires and even our desires in order to develop in us exponential habits of…
Blue planet, green ideas | A snub to capitalism for the holidays
Reducing your ecological footprint during the holiday season can be quite a challenge. Yet this is what the L’Original art gallery offers, which invites the public to recycle old objects…
The chronicle of Jean-François Lisée: capitalism triumphs at QS
“Idealism, you have to have a lot of it. Especially at the beginning. Because it reduces to cooking. This word from a French environmental friend is full of wisdom. Cooking…