The Edit: What to be Grateful for
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Unifying around morals, hope and more in this week’s #TheEdit.
- Four ways to be grateful, and happier. Ancient philosophers proposed it, modern researchers have confirmed it: being thankful is good for you – The Atlantic
- Unifying a company around a moral goal. When organisations become moral communities, underpinned by purpose, they provide that stability for stakeholders as well as a reassuring sense of hope, solidarity, agency and meaning – Harvard Business Review
- TIME’s top 100 photos of 2023. Remembering the year’s major global events through photographs that speak a thousand words – TIME
- Holding out hope for COP28. With a petrostate as host and oil CEO as president-designate, many are already branding this COP as a flop. The policies that come out of it will need to be bold if it is to shake this image – Raconteur
- Moon rush: the launch of a lunar economy. The rush back to the Moon has begun – FT Film
- Purposeful universe. People get stuck in dichotomies of thought; there must be a place for the middle ground – Aeon
- AI: from idealism to pragmatism. The lasting consequences of a head-spinning week for the AI industry – The Economist
- One Young World: Activating the future. A new generation of leaders are about to take their seats at the global table – The Beautiful Truth
“Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but not a right to be exacted.”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau