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Future Society

Virtual Reality: Major Ethical Dilemmas, Real-Life Dangers

No longer just for entertainment purposes, the technology can also help people tackle their phobias, for example. But it’s also time to set limits.

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Food / Travel Global Gourmet Society

Faith In Food: When Kosher And Halal Go Haute Cuisine

It’s hard to find a starred halal or kosher restaurant, but scattered about the French capital, such upscale restaurants do exist.

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Future Society

Slovakian Artist Ctrl Shift Face, King Of “Deepfakes’

He’s the mastermind behind has most famous deepfakes of the web. Donald Trump, Bruce Lee or even Elon Musk have been integrated into his videos, which are as fascinating and problematic as they are funny.

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Ideas Society

The Uniquely French Art Of Blocking Reform, Myth Or Reality?

France is virtually shut down now by national strikes over pension reform. But from Denmark to UK to Germany, social change and the popular movements resisting have their own histories.

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Geopolitics Ideas Society

Ivory Coast Tries To Keep Terrorists From Crossing Border

They shall not pass: Since July, soldiers have stepped up patrols along the country’s 1,600-km border with Mali and Burkina Faso.

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Society

J’Accuse, Me Too: France And The Polanski Morality Play

New sexual assault accusations surfaced in France before the release of Roman Polanski’s new film (titled ‘J’Accuse’ in French) about the Dreyfus affair of a false accusation against a French-Jewish army officer. Who is accusing who here?

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Economy Eyes on the U.S. Ideas

A French Defense Of Trump’s New Tariffs On European Products

The U.S. president has a history of strong-arming trading partners. But the move to tax things like French wine and Spanish olives is actually justified.

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