Politique: November 2007 Archives

On pourrait penser que notre cher ministre de la défense se sent proche du parti "Fetia Api", un parti pour l'autonomie de la Polynésie Française. En tout cas, son parti, le Nouveau Centre a conclu une convention de financement avec le Fetia Api.

C'est une orientation du gouvernement très intéressante, à moins que cela ne soit qu'une histoire de sous ...

... n'est visiblement pas quelque chose qui passionne Françoise de Panafieu. Pour paraphraser ce billet d'ASI, il faut savoir se serrer la ceinture ... des autres.

Stephen Fry » Blog Archive » Getting Overheated: "For the eco-believer it’s no-lose situation: we all survive if they’re right and we’ve acted on their belief, we survive if they’re wrong and we’ve acted on their belief. Whereas for the eco-denier we survive if they’re right and we’ve done nothing but we perish if they’re wrong and we’ve done nothing."

The really interesting bit start around the middle of the post, you can search for "It started amicably enough" to get to this part.

What I find really interesting in the argument is that it does not forget the forest (what may be going on) for the tree (the science that tells us, with some uncertainty, what may be going on). We can be so used to focusing on details, numbers, and small facts that we forget what we're really talking about. This post reminded me this quite clearly.

Heard yesterday on Escape Pod 118.

edited on 2007.11.30: The original quote on Escape Pod was "War is not about what's right, it's about what's left." Jacques Mossière kindly pointed me to the exact quote, by Bertrand Russell, so I fixed this.

Vive la transparence !

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Arrêt Sur Images - L'inconnue suprême de la République: le salaire du président.: "Un budget qui augmente sans relâche depuis 2001, un président que les journalistes n'osent pas interroger personnellement sur son propre salaire: aucun doute, la transparence sur le sujet n'a jamais été si ... transparente."

J'ai particulièrement apprécié l'utilisation répétitive de la transparence pour l'augmentation du budget de l'Elysée.

Lawrence Lessig at TED

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This is a must see. Lawrence Lessig gives a shorter, and much more brilliant, version of his talk on the necessity for Creative Commons.

Both the contents and the form are amazing. Go see it. now

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