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Stretched out on his hospital bed, his health still poor after a stroke, he thought of a past period: the end of his career. Times have changed, he said to himself, and “precariousness” has long since become a fact and increased. Budgets are always frozen, and it seems to be long-lasting. The social sphere is falling to pieces. The beautiful days to come will still be icy . . . The onset of the technocratic era has inaugurated precariousness and uncertainty that will doubtlessly turn into a social Middle Ages.