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“So there was this powerful idea that humans have created a society that is beyond them and ends up imposing
rules that are perhaps not favorable to either individuals or the environment. To fully understand its importance,
it is useful to rely on a concept from cognitive sciences: emergence. […] Theories of emergence have been very
useful for understanding the functioning of societies of social insects such as ants, termites or bees. These
societies result from the activity of millions of insects who, without knowing it and without having chosen it,
work to achieve objectives which are those of the emerging system that is the colony. […] But what is the nature
of the system we have created and why does it alienate us to this extent? […] The monster is so powerful and so
demanding that it leads individuals to behave in ways that they themselves would condemn if they were not under
its influence, thus generating painful states of cognitive dissonance.“
Thierry Ripoll, Pourquoi détruit-on la planète ? Le cerveau d'homo sapiens est-il capable de préserver la terre ?
‘White noise’ refers to an equal, hypnotic sound sometimes used to help you fall asleep. The stridulations of
locusts, an insect from our sweet summer nights but capable in swarms of devastating fields and causing great
famines threatening the survival of populations, joins the agitation of the screen which seeks the image. The white
lights of our uninterrupted lighting form another kind of white 'noise' in the night in which the light
communications of insects like fireflies are lost.