Human connection in a digital age, dealing with failure, embracing the in-between and more in #TheEdit.

• What technology takes from us – and how to take it back. Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out, but it’s going to take collective effort, says Rebecca Solnit – The Guardian 
• Why do we like music? People with musical anhedonia, a rare inability to enjoy music, are teaching scientists how the brain processes songs – New Yorker 
• What Olympians can teach us about disappointment. Dealing with failure is part of the job for elite athletes. Here’s how they cope with it – The New York Times (gift link) 
• When management mantras help – and when they hurt. Don’t bring me problems, bring me solutions. Except in some circumstances – The Economist (gift link) 
• Why we should embrace ‘nepantla’ – the in-betweenness of life. In an age of strong political commitments, a Nahuatl word encapsulates the freedom to let go of what has become oppressive – Psyche 
• Where did the Moon come from? Pondering the age-old question his young daughter will inevitably ask, biologist Brian Isett uncovers the story of how the Earth got Her seasonal song – Emergence 
• What stories do we live by? What happens when we begin to question the stories shaping our lives and our systems – The Beautiful Truth