The power of eight minutes, how to be happier and more in this week’s #TheEdit.

• The secret power of the eight-minute phone call. Enjoy this little glow of wellbeing by investing in the now – The New York Times
• Can the North Sea become Europe’s new economic powerhouse? The continent’s most turbulent body of water is finding fresh uses – The Economist
• Are our brains wired to quiet-quit? Recent research suggests passivity is our default response to prolonged adversity – Harvard Business Review
• The politics of pain. Medical science can only tell us so much. To understand pain, we need the cultural tools of history, philosophy and art – Aeon
• The human faces of climate catastrophe. Gideon Mendel photographs the aftermath of flooding and wildfires to spotlight the highly personal fallout from natural disasters – Creative Review
• A new formula for happiness. The happiness we seek can require investing earlier than we think, and may help us to align our expectations – The Atlantic
• The Man & The Sea. Director Andrew Kaineder creates an exhilarating portrait of one of Australia’s great authentic surfers in this month’s #FilmClub – The Beautiful Truth