The Edit: The Fate of the Universe
The Edit

The Edit: The Fate of the Universe

Our weekly round up of the best articles, podcasts and videos focusing on purpose in life, work and the world.

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5th Apr 2024

Dark energy, a six-generation workforce and more in this week’s #TheEdit.

  • Daniel Kahneman was a master of teasing questions. How a psychologist transformed economics – The Economist
  • Leading the six-generation workforce. Giving each generation the opportunity to be seen, understood, valued, and leveraged in the workplace – Harvard Business Review
  • A tantalising ‘hint’ that astronomers got dark energy all wrong. It could be good news for the fate of the universe – The New York Times
  • No schedule, no meetings: are ‘working hours’ history? Asynchronous’ work could be the next step in flexible working – Financial Times
  • Forests are ‘music to the soul’. In the Australian Wet Tropics region, restoration work is under way to protect the world’s oldest surviving tropical rainforest – Positive News
  • The floating cities of the future. A Dutch architect’s vision of cities that float on water – New Yorker
  • No Hard Feelings: Awe. It’s emotion, not logic, that guides much of the way we do business  – The Beautiful Truth 

“The energy of love, that’s what hit me: full love. Mother Nature showed me she loved me too. I dropped to my knees and bawled my eyes out.” 

Andrew Solomon