Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
What is the most suspenseful stream of news events you’re paying attention to right now?
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Eric Platon
@ic
Kind of suspense around the next French revolution. At least 2 deputies half-calling for one on TV over the past couple months. Like "is there any other way" rhetorical juice. And yesterday, a fantastic invited talk from an astro-physicist philosopher at the European parliament making broader remarks quite related.
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Daniel
@dmg
Ooo would love the ref links on this! Nothing makes my day like French revolutionary outrage
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Eric Platon
@ic
Just aware of contents in French. Would work? Watching Artifact and BBC, but there is nothing as explicit as the pardon my French here.
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Daniel
@dmg
Mais oui. J’ai essayé de trouver le discours du astro physicist sans succès
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Eric Platon
@ic
Avec plaisir: https://youtu.be/WcVbRA3AXJc
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Eric Platon
@ic
Un exemple cette semaine du président déguisé en aristocrate (je n’ai pas vu cette vidéo): https://youtu.be/WxCXy8LOJkQ
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Eric Platon
@ic
To get back to Venkat’s original question, pretty suspenseful, as the recent years seriously challenge the stability of the “5th republic” (5th constitution of the country), calling for the 6th. There is a revolutionary side to this possible change, as inequalities have been growing constantly.
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