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Jacques Attali

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Jacques Attali

French economist
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Antisemitism is always the proof of a blindness that leads to disaster. (translated)

Key question on AI control: Could AI seize control of the nuclear chain of command in a nuclear-armed state and trigger a nuclear war? #AI #NuclearSafety #NuclearWar #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthetweet.

Like Spain and Portugal in the 16th century, who thought they had an eternal abundance guaranteed by the gold from the Americas, France has long believed that nothing can happen to it because it would have the means to feed itself. This blindness has led and will lead to the... (translated)

For the climate, as for biodiversity, education level, health, or security, what matters is not the evolution of the average, but that of the gaps between the extremes, and the frequency of the extremes. Populism is its political translation. (translated)

When it comes to climate, biodiversity, education, health, or safety, what matters isn’t how the average changes, but how the gaps between extremes change—and how often those extremes occur. Populism is the political manifestation of this. We won’t overcome this by shifting https://t.co/lYjcQkXmXM #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Populism #Thetweetdoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.

The forgetting of essential knowledge over millennia, which has disrupted the course of History, reminds us of the importance of protecting the means of transmission. (translated)

For those who still doubt what I have been saying, with sadness, since October 8, 2023: "Benjamin Netanyahu is, along with the terrorists of Hamas, responsible for the massacre of October 7. He is a war criminal who deserves nothing but prison." (translated)

For those who still doubt what I have been saying, with sadness, since October 8, 2023: Benjamin Netanyahu is, along with the terrorists of Hamas, responsible for the massacre of October 7. He is a war criminal who deserves nothing but prison. (translated)

"Starting in 2027, if I am elected, everything that is prohibited today will be allowed. And vice versa." (translated)

France is too deeply in debt to be in control of its own destiny. If we don’t act quickly, the 2027 budget will already be in the hands of the National Rally (RN), which will make a sorry mess of it, and by 2034, France will no longer have a say in how the European budget is #FranceDebt #NationalRally #EuropeanBudget #FR #EU

France is too indebted to be master of its destiny. If we do not react as quickly as possible, the 2027 budget is already in the hands of the RN, which will make a miserable use of it, and by 2034, France will no longer have a say in the use of the European budget. (translated)

Public debt, global finance, economic concentration, climate change, artificial intelligence, strategic tensions, identity-based hatred: seven immediate dangers, all well-documented, are converging. Facing them head-on is the only way to avoid them. My new column for @lesechos https://t.co/LUIOXNKC9V #PublicDebt #ClimateChange #GlobalFinance #Nocountrycodesfound.

Public debt, global finance, economic concentration, climate, artificial intelligence, strategic tensions, identity hatreds: seven immediate perils, all documented, converging. Facing them is the condition to still avoid them. (translated)

The main argument against canceling part of the French debt, proposed by @JLMelenchon and supported by @MPigasse: if France did it, we could not prevent all the other euro member countries from doing the same, thus destroying the very foundation of (translated)

The main argument against canceling part of the French debt, proposed by @JLMelenchon and supported by @MPigasse: if France did it, we would not be able to stop all the other euro member countries from doing the same, thereby destroying the very foundation of (translated)

In France, it's not just the forests that are burning. And we prefer to wait until the last moment to try to fix the consequences of our unpreparedness in a catastrophic way. When will we understand the importance of prevention? (translated)

In France, it’s not just the forests that are burning. And we prefer to wait until the last minute to frantically try to fix the consequences of our lack of preparation. When will we understand the importance of prevention? My new column for @lesechos is online. Link in bio. #Prévention #Climat #Incendies #FR

Meanwhile, the largest global biodiversity reserve and one of the three most important lungs of the planet is devastated by terrible fires. Without water bombers or televisions. To the great joy of clandestine agricultural and mining powers. (translated)

Even mathematics, the purest of activities of the mind (and the one that gives me the most intellectual pleasure), will be disrupted and multiplied by AI. It will be more than ever at the heart of science, technology, economy, and wisdom. (translated)

Is the prefect of Isère still in office? The perpetrators of this heinous attack, heralding very dark days, are still not in police custody? Does the Minister of the Interior have nothing better to do than to "lament"? (translated)