The history of propaganda, fostering creativity, perceiving wonder and more in #TheEdit.

• How to know what’s really propaganda. The history of propaganda helps us understand our current reality – The Atlantic
• How should we create things? In a new documentary, the musician Brian Eno shows that playfulness can substitute for inspiration – New Yorker
• Failure is a feature, not a bug, of dynamic business. Not everyone learns from things going wrong but progress depends upon it – Financial Times
• The most profound wonder is stirred by what is most ordinary. Rare moments of wonder at the mere existence of things, rather than the dramatic or new, involve perceiving with the soul – Psyche
• Spinning the night self. After years of insomnia, I threw off the effort to sleep and embraced the peculiar openness I found in the darkest hours – Aeon
• Reclaiming your life at work. Six strategies for finding better balance – Harvard Business Review
• My Life on Purpose: Stefan Beiten. We talk to Stefan Beiten, entrepreneur, filmmaker, and founder of The Argonauts, about his life on purpose – The Beautiful Truth