Fifty years after the publication of Limits to Growth (LtG), its scenarios predicting a global socioeconomic collapse are still relevant. In this study, we extract the key components and processes from the Limits to Growth (LtG) narratives to construct a simple qualitative model. Our modeling framework enables the computation of all possible system...
Quelles sont, dans le monde, l’attitude et la situation des sociétés vis-à-vis des enfants ? L’analyse des données de fécondité et de mortalité infantile permet de répondre à cette question. Ainsi, il sera possible de distinguer les pays selon que leur environnement est favorable ou peu favorable aux enfants-roi. L’étude des données permet égalemen...
Published in Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
The meaning of the phrase τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου in Gal 4,3 has been debated for nearly two millenia. A new understanding of Paul’s utilization of the term τοῦ κόσμου is considered in this essay. In addition to ὁ κόσμος meaning “the world” in Gal 4,3, an argument can be made that ὁ κόσμος is a reference to the “adornment” of the penis (i. e., the f...
The major changes made in the evolution of populations of the world in the twenty-first century are: demographic transition and fertility decline, very few families in some countries as "demographic winter", urbanization changing the exercise of family solidarity, effect of migrations on families, aging posing the question of solidarity between gen...
Textes et figures dessinant un monde démographique devenant unilatéral, aux dynamiques identiques, ont été nombreux - jusqu’à inonder la quasi-totalité des livres scolaires présentant la transition démographique. C’est pourtant tout le con-traire qui se déroule, soit une fragmentation démographique des populations du monde, avec une variété d’évolu...
In the fall of 2022, a figure made the rounds of the world: eight billion because the UN had decided that the number of inhabitants on Earth would reach this level on November 15. Faced with this announcement, which is systematically repeated by all the world's media, some truths contribute to a better understanding of demographic realities.
Published in GeoJournal
In just a few weeks, COVID-19 has become a global crisis and there is no longer any question of it being a major pandemic. The spread of the disease and the speed of transmission need to be squared with the forms and characteristics of economic globalization, disparities in development between the world's different regions and the highly divergent ...
In drylands, scientific research shows that mobile livestock systems derive the maximum social, environmental and economic benefits from these areas. These systems ensure both short-term security in case of shocks and, in the right conditions, investment capacity. However, it is difficult to develop indicators to understand and assess their contrib...
If you want procedurally generated content in your games, you often have to rely on your own ability to develop the desired tools. This can be limiting for newer game developers, leading to certain types of gameplay not being considered when designing games. One instance of this problem regards procedurally generated planets, a rather uncommon type...
The thesis I defend in this text is that Eugen Fink’s most original contribution to the phenomenologicaltradition consists in the rehabilitation of speculative thinking as a legitimate andcompelling mode of approaching philosophical problems. Furthermore, I claim that this theoreticalmove is accomplished through a constant while critical dialogue w...
