Category: Chronicles
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Mirror to the larks: are commercial landlords dream sellers?
The image is seductive: setting up shop in the city center, opening a restaurant or boutique, making a living from one's passion, being one's own boss—the promise of the dream. But behind this dream often lies a very harsh reality. In large cities, particularly in Paris, landlords—whether private investors or institutions—have…
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Augmented humans as a new weapon of domination
Reflection – In a world where weapons are shared by all major powers, civilizational dominance might no longer be achieved through direct warfare, but through intellectual prowess. The end of conventional weapons as the sole factor of domination. For centuries, power was measured by the number of soldiers a state could field…
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Will teleworking kill restaurants and local businesses in city centers?
Since digital and teleworking are sweeping everything away in their path and it is now possible to work completely remotely, the question of the relevance of local businesses (restaurants, cafes, services, etc.) located in former office districts arises.
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The Fool's Market: How Price Wars and Inertia Destroy the Economy and Welfare
REFLECTION – There are markets where prices seem to defy all logic. Not because they are too high, contrary to what most people think. But because they are abnormally low. Too low to be sustainable. Too low to be fair. And yet, businesses hold on. They eke out a living. They survive…