Is Merit Still Relevant? Two Incidents That Made Me Question the Foundations of European Society

Lately, I’ve been asking myself a difficult question: does merit still matter? What triggered this reflection were two separate incidents that, at first glance, might appear unrelated. But when I looked more closely, they revealed something deeply unsettling about the structural logic of certain systems in Europe. particularly how status, privilege, and identity can often … Continue reading Is Merit Still Relevant? Two Incidents That Made Me Question the Foundations of European Society

A clash of scenes unveils how culture fuels economic fates

Envision a Parisian café in the 1950s, where intellectuals nurse espressos and spar over liberty, their voices rising with the steam. Half a world away, a Taiwanese family toils in a cramped workshop, soldering circuits beneath the pall of martial law. These scenes are more than vignettes—they are the cornerstones of economic fates. Economics, too … Continue reading A clash of scenes unveils how culture fuels economic fates