The parable of the day

He who lives by Twitter will perish by Twitter. Well, that’s not exactly what the Gospel says, which is about the sword and not about Twitter. But Twitter didn’t exist (to my knowledge, at least) in the time of Jesus. And few politicians nowadays wear a sword in their belt. In short: Ron DeSantis, ultra-reactive governor of Florida, thought it smart, because furiously modern, to declare his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the next presidential election on Twitter, through a conversation with the boss of Twitter. -I even named Elon Musk.

Very bad, but then very very bad idea: the technical bugs are linked, making incomprehensible, even downright burlesque, his historic declaration supposed to galvanize America. Consternation among his supporters. And frank laughter in the others. Well done, I tell myself. You looked for it. This is where it leads, this race for modernity, Twitter and company. I note that Elon Musk (the owner of Twitter, I remind you) came to give lessons in modernity to Emmanuel Macron the other day. I hope the Ron DeSantis Twitter debacle will get people thinking in high places (but also in low places and elsewhere). Otherwise, Ron DeSantis can also rely on artificial intelligence, another hobby of Elon Musk. By making a mistake all the same: when intelligence is lacking, only artifice remains. And who lives by artifice…

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