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Au moment où nous achetons une grosse voiture polluante ou un téléphone portable qui l’est tout autant, nous ne nous demandons pas si, dans vingt, trente ou quarante ans, cela se traduira par de moins bonnes conditions de vie pour les générations futures. La seule chose que nous retenons, c’est que cela fait du bien. Nous vivons une bouffée d’euphorie et notre cerveau se reconfigure pour nous faire sentir ce que c’est que d’être plus haut que les autres.
Le Bug Humain
Sébastien BOHLER
When feelings matter more than rationality or facts, education is a doomed enterprise.
The Death of Expertise
Tom Nichols
From the moment we are born, we humans feel a never-ending need for attention. We are social animals to the core. Our survival and happiness depend on the bonds we form with others. If people do not pay attention to us, we cannot connect to them on any level. Some of this is purely physical—we must have people looking at us to feel alive. As those who have gone through long periods of isolation can attest, without eye contact we begin to doubt our existence and to descend into a deep depression. But this need is also deeply psychological: through the quality of attention we receive from others, we feel recognized and appreciated for who we are. Our sense of self-worth depends on this.
The Laws of Human Nature
Robert Greene
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