“I wouldn’t say it failed, I would say it didn’t work”

LThe Museum of Arts and Crafts in Paris had a brilliant idea: dedicate an exhibition to failed, failed, wasted discoveries. The victim of its success was the exhibition “Flops? ! » (until May 17, 2026) which suffered a three-week disaster: its reservation platform collapsed, causing endless queues of visitors even though they had tickets. The public who came to celebrate this failure should rejoice: missing the entrance to the exhibition due to failure was a bonus, an immersive experience. On the other hand, some people preferred to post angry reviews on Google. To really appreciate failure, you have to try.

It’s happening near us

It’s not just the Arts and Crafts Museum that celebrates failure. In families as well as in business, we make sure that failure is important, taking care to ensure that it never happens. Parents say to their children: “Your grades, that’s not what matters” while refreshing Pronote several times a day. Master insisted that one should not say it ” error “ But “error”, even though the difference has no impact on the child’s report card.

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