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Nicolas Gastineau

Nicolas Gastineau

is a freelance journalist who writes for Philonomist, Philosophie Magazine, and Chut!, a French magazine dedicated to digital technology. His work focuses on new technologies and the ways in which they shape us.

Picture © Author’s personal collection
12 contributions :
5 minutes
Artificial Intelligence
Who’s afraid of artificial Sherlock Holmes?
How machines are revealing all your secrets
5 minutes
7 minutes
Technology
OpenAI or the triumph of techno-optimism
The philosophical bout stirring American tech
7 minutes
5 minutes
GAFA
Hooked on social media?
The office could cure your addiction!
5 minutes
8 minutes
Environment
“The term ‘energy transition’ must be dropped”
Interview with historian Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
8 minutes
7 minutes
Work-life
“Humans have always reinvented the meaning of work”
Interview with historian Olivier Grenouilleau
7 minutes
6 minutes
Artificial Intelligence
When AI makes itself sick
Fed on their own creations, machines lose the plot
6 minutes
9 minutes
Globalization
“Cargo ships are going through the same changes as other workplaces”
Sociologist Claire Flécher goes to sea
9 minutes
13 minutes
Technology
Silicon Valley: behind the scenes
Interview with sociologist Olivier Alexandre
13 minutes
12 minutes
Altruism
Longtermism, a philosophy that sees (too) far
Is “effective altruism” all that effective?
12 minutes
Copyright : Boudewijn Huysmans/Unsplash
13 minutes
Globalization
Should we drop the idea of carbon compensation?
Do offsets deserve any credit?
13 minutes
6 minutes
Inequalities
“In the 18th century, poverty was more a risk than a state”
Interview with historian Laurence Fontaine
6 minutes
6 minutes
Ambition
Is it wrong to want to be a billionaire?
Money for nothing, chicks for free
6 minutes