The classic underdog story, what three colours can teach us about ancient wisdom, always striving to find hope and more in #TheEdit.

• A lonely monkey is beloved by millions. Punch the monkey’s story is a classic underdog tale. Life has placed obstacles in his path, this narrative goes, but he is resilient and determined to make it in macaque society – The Economist (gift link)
• “This world is full of everything good, everything beautiful.” In a searching and intimate conversation, former US poet laureates Tracy K. Smith and Joy Harjo reflect on poetry as a living practice, a technology for rising toward our truest selves, even amid grief and danger – On Being
• The 3 colours: What folktales teach about how to grow wise. Ambition. Descent. Wisdom – Big Think 
• How to make AI pro-worker. Three leading economists advocate some policies to shift the focus from job displacement to job enhancement – New Yorker  
• The world of today looks bad, but take hope. We’ve been here before and got through it – and we will again. The lessons and hope we can take from history – The Guardian  
• What you miss when you’re always wearing headphones. Loud racket in public is obnoxious, but so is our way of dealing with it – The New York Times (gift link) 
• Who gets to tell the story of work? As Senior Director of Content Marketing at Indeed, Aidan McLaughlin is shaping one of the defining stories of our time: how we find work, and what work means, in the age of AI – The Beautiful Truth