— Written by Mathieu Cloutier
In the midst of a global crisis, we are seeing urgent needs to be addressed in our society.
Issues that raise profound questions about children's well-being and the tools we offer parents, schools... and more broadly, about the mental health of several generations.
- The explosion of screen time
- Disconnection from nature
- The decrease in the sense of community
- Overconsumption of anxiety-inducing information
Topics that affect me personally and which also motivated the creation of my most recent company.
How can we offer young people a real balance?
What tools do we have at our disposal to build a healthy, calming, nourishing environment?
It is both a business opportunity and a social responsibility.
Rather than always creating to optimize, accelerate, technologically simplify life...
Why not create to find peace, human connection, meaning?
It is possible to slow down without becoming obsolete.
Better yet, we can slow down and generate value.
Being productive without shutting down inside.
Create meaning without adding to the noise of the world – already saturated with content, notifications, and gadgets.
I choose to be one of the optimists.
Of those who want to contribute to a gentler, simpler, less anxiety-provoking world.
A world that slows down.
Because I see in youth an immense capacity, a great humanity.
When I look at my children, I am often moved by the purity of their emotional intelligence.
And yet, at the rate the world is going, I fear that it will quickly be diluted...
So I'm starting with concrete, simple solutions, which may even integrate artificial intelligence one day.
Solutions not to go faster, but to offer my children - and yours - a contribution to a world in which it will still be good to live.