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Brace yourself for a captivating revelation: Olivier Hamant explores how society, governed by performance, can be challenged through striking examples such as the blockage of the Suez Canal and the rebound effect of refrigerators. Are we really on the right track by seeking to perform all the time? Dive into a deep reflection on performance: our speaker reveals the risks of constant 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 robustness rather than in an endless quest for performance. Filmed at TEDxQuartierLatin, Paris, France, November 18, 2023 at the Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de 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 a hundred scientific articles on the biophysics and development of plants. In his role as director of the Michel Serres Institute, he contributes to several projects in the fields of art, science and education around the existential issues of the Anthropocene. The question of the robustness of life in particular fuels a reflection on the lessons to be learned from life in order 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