The construction of perceptions and divergences
Author: Pascal Cohet
30 October 2024
Many actors perceive and describe air travel as the most harmful mode of transport, based on carbon intensity, i.e. in g CO2e per kilometer and per ...
Cindynic uniformities and the unrealism of an all-lithium/copper scenario
Author: Pascal Cohet
25 October 2024
In response to global warming, most transition scenarios are based on wind power and photovoltaics. And for transport, on battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), ...
The idea of digital rationing, a symptom of persistent epistemic deficiencies
Author: Pascal Cohet
19 March 2024
Former French minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem recently proposed limiting the volume of data that can be used on the Internet to reduce informational risks, ...
Between Simplism and Information Power Blindness
Author: Pascal Cohet
15 October 2023
Terrorism now fights in the perception dimension, using social media that offer them global reach to cheaply disseminate ever more shocking images, such as ...
Using MRC as a Description-Oriented Language
Author: Pascal Cohet
13 October 2023
The cindynic method aims to reduce risks and threats to people and their environment. It is based on strategic and action-oriented thinking, founded on ...
A Strategic Trap in the Perception Dimension
Author: Pascal Cohet
12 October 2023
Words like "terrorist" have meaning, and their use must be analyzed as a symptom. Sometimes as a weak signal: in Mali, the whole strategy of the Bamako ...
Thinking risk, conflict, and perception manipulation
Author: Pascal Cohet
11 October 2023
Georges-Yves Kervern envisioned Neosituationism as a philosophical interface between Cindynics and Sustainable Development. With the development of ...
Barkhane Hijacking & Geopolitical French Failure
Author: Pascal Cohet
13 February 2022
Russian disinformation is often said to be based on the so-called Gerasimov Doctrine even though, according to some analysts, Russian hybrid warfare is more ...
Disparity Blindness & Divergence Crafting
Author: Pascal Cohet
11 February 2022
For years, France has failed to fittingly assess informational risk in Africa, from the Central African Republic to Mali. The spreading of access to social ...
States and Hosting Providers vs Big Tech Self-Regulation Risk
Author: Pascal Cohet
18 November 2021
Ex- Facebook employee, Frances Haugen is a whistleblower trying to raise awareness of the risks generated by Big Tech policies, and she seems to be trying ...
The dangerous power of Big Tech in general, and Facebook in particular
Author: Pascal Cohet
08 November 2021
For the second time, a US Big Tech censored an African leader. After the censorship of the Nigerian President by Twitter, Facebook has just censored the ...
Disclosure, censorship, deception: Invasive limit, legitimacy diagonal, and diversity.
Author: Pascal Cohet
31 October 2021
As broadband internet access begins to take hold in Africa, this brings both opportunities and risks, which suggests paying attention to informational ...