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Nicolas C

Aux USA, l’agence de protection de l’environnement livre sa dernière bataille contre Donald Trump

L’entourage de Donald Trump profite de ses derniers mois au pouvoir pour affaiblir la protection de l’environnement. Mais les…

3 min readDec 1, 2020

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Aux USA, l’agence de protection de l’environnement livre sa dernière bataille contre Donald Trump

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Nicolas C

Alain Damasio : “La lutte anticapitaliste n’arrive pas à générer du désir”

Entretien avec l’écrivain de science-fiction Alain Damasio, auteur de la Horde du Contrevent et des Furtifs.

12 min readAug 23, 2020

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Alain Damasio : “La lutte anticapitaliste n’arrive pas à générer du désir”

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Nicolas C

How not to become the slaves of our tools

What if our cars had actually made us slower? Ivan Illich on how complex tools become counterproductive.

5 min readAug 31, 2019

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How not to become the slaves of our tools

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Nicolas C

I just attended a local journalism gathering: 5 key elements that emerged

Local information is not dead yet.

5 min readJun 30, 2019

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I just attended a local journalism gathering: 5 key elements that emerged

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Nicolas C

Brace yourself for a slow and peaceful end of the world

Is the world going to end in tears and explosions, or has it already begun to end without us even noticing it?

6 min readJun 20, 2019

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Brace yourself for a slow and peaceful end of the world

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Nicolas C

Afrofuturism: decolonizing the imagination

Science-fiction dreams of a better future for humanity. But who creates this dream ? And whose bright future is it designing ?

9 min readJun 10, 2019

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Afrofuturism: decolonizing the imagination

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Nicolas C

We need to get out of our modern Plato’s Cave — algorithmic filter bubbles

We are getting trapped inside a homogeneous numeric sphere. It’s time to open ourselves to Otherness again.

5 min readMay 4, 2019

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We need to get out of our modern Plato’s Cave — algorithmic filter bubbles

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Nicolas C

The world is full of signs — here’s a quick guide on how to read them

Everyday, we are faced with thousands of elements that have to be interpreted. Roland Barthes has a few tips for us.

6 min readApr 27, 2019

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The world is full of signs — here’s a quick guide on how to read them

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Nicolas C

Should we read books from the Western Canon?

In our multicultural world, reading Western classics might seem old fashioned. It is. Though, it is still as relevant as before.

7 min readApr 21, 2019

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Should we read books from the Western Canon?

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Key words and dates to understand Afrofuturism

Science-fiction dreams of a better society. But mainstream SF is racialised. Afrofuturism might be the next big thing : her’e’s why.

2 min readNov 29, 2018

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Key words and dates to understand Afrofuturism

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Nicolas C

Nicolas C

French journalist writing on literature, culture, tech and technocriticism. Personal website : https://www.curabooks.fr. Twitter : @NicolasCelnik

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