A genocide in Gaza that the world watched and allowed to happen. The Epstein files. Parliamentary scandals. Corruption so deep nobody can see the bottom. A war on Iran launched days after a peace deal was within reach. Most of us have lost faith in the people running things. And that loss of faith is opening the door to something we should all be watching closely: the steady transfer of decision-making power to algorithms and AI systems that are not neutral, not accountable, and not safe.

Enfin, une simulation a montré qu'un confinement en France une semaine plus tôt aurait permis d'éviter 20 000 décès. Le chercheur en santé publique commente ces chiffres : « Le début d'une épidémie est exponentiel. C'est évidemment une décision lourde de confiner tout un pays mais ces résultats peuvent contribuer à la prise rapide de décisions dans le cadre de résurgences épidémiques. »

The eager obituary writers tended to announce that #MeToo had failed whenever further incidents of high-profile sexual abuse were reported (though the very fact they were reported and in some cases successfully prosecuted may have been a result of these shifts). The single most important impact of #MeToo, I believe, is akin to what many environmental victories look like: nothing, in the absolute best sense of that word. Success for many environmental campaigns is the river that was not dammed or polluted, the forest that was not cut down, the species that did not go extinct, the oil wells that were not dug, the coal that was not burned. Unfortunately, these results are invisible if you don't know why the river is flowing freely, the birds are singing or the meadow near your home wasn't paved over.