You can not accumulate love, it must be spent

Our relationship with objects has influenced our approach to love: accumulating, optimizing, possessing. The treasure of love has turned into the hoarding of units of affection. Yet, love is not consumed; it is consumed by its own intensity.

Par • 29 Jun 20

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Michaël V. Dandrieux, Ph.D., is a sociologist and co-founder of Eranos. For the past 20 years, he has guided leaders across various industries: shaping the future of healthcare with Pierre Fabre, steering Chloé's transition to stakeholder governance, fostering worker engagement at Nexans, navigating Air France's cultural response to COVID, promoting Pernod Ricard's values of conviviality, and enhancing women's confidence with L'Oréal USA. Rooted in the tradition of the sociology of the imagination, he teaches at Sciences Po Paris within the School of Management and Impact and serves on several Boards of Directors and Mission Committees.

❝Rising to the occasion is difficult when circumstances are at their lowest. Yet, they are never truly at their best.❞

— Jean Baudrillard

You can not accumulate love, it must be spent

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