EDITORIALS

AI Infrastructure, the New Vector of Power

AI Infrastructure, the New Vector of Power

Article published in Revue Défense Nationale, 2026 The race for artificial intelligence is not being decided where most observers are looking. What will shape future power relations is not the complexity of algorithms, but the understanding of the physical system that...

Universal Basic Income and The Token Tax

Universal Basic Income and The Token Tax

Who will pay when machines think for us? The question is no longer hypothetical. In London trading floors, language models draft research notes that junior analysts were writing yesterday. In Manila call centers, conversational agents handle complaints that operators...

The AI Act in Retreat: Pragmatism or Abdication?

The AI Act in Retreat: Pragmatism or Abdication?

Article published in Sciences Po Conference, 2026   On 2 August 2026, the European regulation on artificial intelligence (the AI Act) was due to come into full effect[1]. The date had been set to give businesses two years of preparation following the publication...

Anticipating the World to Come or Suffering the Crises

Anticipating the World to Come or Suffering the Crises

What did we learn, the day the first American-Israeli strikes hit Iran, that we did not already know? That oil is a weapon. That straits are chokepoints. That war always returns. All of this, we already knew. Thucydides had articulated it. Braudel had mapped it....

Paris Olympic marathon 2024: a life lesson

Paris Olympic marathon 2024: a life lesson

On August 10, 2024, Paris was buzzing with excitement, not only because of the Olympic Games but also due to a remarkable event: the Paris Marathon, "the toughest in the history of the Games." On that day, thousands of running enthusiasts, sports lovers, and athletes...

Paris Marathon 2024

Paris Marathon 2024

Completing the Paris Marathon in 4 hours. In reflecting on this accomplishment, I've come to realize that the barriers we face are often not imposed by our bodies but by our minds. The journey from skeptic to finisher taught me that our limitations are primarily...

Fitness and exercise: The key ingredients

Fitness and exercise: The key ingredients

I often share thoughts on business and my personal outlook… Today, I’d like to discuss something just as essential to me as that perspective. While we’re all born with certain talents, it’s often our choices, commitment, and mindset that shape how we develop them....