Wisdom in the young is as unattractive as frivolity in the elderly. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Journalists are currently in the most insecure profession you can find: the majority live hand to mouth, and ostracism by their friends would be terminal. Thus they become easily prone to manipulation by lobbyists, as we saw with GMOs, the Syrian wars, etc. You say something unpopular in that profession about Brexit, GMOs, or Putin, and you become history. This is the opposite of business where me-tooism is penalized.

In a thick and captivating book, La rebellion franaise, the historian Jean Nicolas shows how the culture of rioting was extremely sophisticated historically, it counts as the true French national sport.

Smart actors become executives.