In his new work, Olivier Hamant, INRAE research director at the RDP laboratory at ENS de Lyon and director of the Institut Michel-Serres, continues his reflection on the fragilities of our world. Published by Gallimard in the Tracts collection, "After the Fire. Overcoming Global Burnout" invites readers to take a step back from climate, political, and technological crises.
The author questions our tendency to prioritize performance and acceleration despite repeated warnings. He analyzes the drifts of our current model, the mechanisms of collective blindness, and explores ways to escape this frantic race. This essay is aimed at those interested in societal transformations and seeking to imagine alternative paths.
Faced with repeated heatwaves, climate cataclysms, political instability, and cyberattacks, the researcher highlights how the abnormal is becoming the norm. He questions emerging responses such as the acceleration of generative AI or agricultural intensification, denouncing a "widely shared blindness" that borders on cult-like deviation. Quoting "Errare humanum est, perseverare diabolicum" (to err is human, to persist is diabolical), Hamant explores how to "derail from this deadly race," overcome mental blocks, and "diverge" when the core of economic and political power remains "indoctrinated."
