La révolution de la robustesse | OLIVIER HAMANT | TEDxQuartierLatin

Get ready for a captivating revelation: Olivier Hamant explores how a performance-driven society can be challenged through striking examples such as the Suez Canal blockade and the rebound effect of refrigerators. Are we truly on the right track by constantly striving for performance? Dive into a profound reflection on performance: our speaker unveils the risks of relentless optimization, illustrating how it can weaken our systems, generate rebound effects, and lead to disastrous consequences for the climate, biodiversity, and pollution. The answer may lie in resilience rather than an endless pursuit of performance. Filmed at TEDxQuartierLatin, Paris, France, on November 18, 2023, at the National Institute for Young Deaf People in Paris. Join us on social media:   / tedxquartierlatin     / tedxquartierlatin   Olivier Hamant is a biologist and research director at INRAE, within the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon. He has published around one hundred scientific articles on biophysics and plant development. As director of the Michel Serres Institute, he contributes to several projects in the fields of art, science, and education, focusing on the existential challenges of the Anthropocene. The question of the resilience of living organisms, in particular, informs a reflection on the lessons we can learn from life to inhabit the Earth. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx