Five days working for a better Olympics in Paris
With Covid seemingly diminished for the time being, I was finally able to get on the ground in Paris. Long overdue! I spoke at a days-long transnational anti-Olympics summit, at an academic event with more standard scholarly presentations, and at something like a philosophical salon devoted to exploring the nuances of Paris 2024. Vive la France! It was a very busy week. With the anti-Olympics crowd, I spoke three times: about the declining sustainability of the Olympics over time, about…