The Edit: Going Back to the Moon
Our weekly round up of the best articles, podcasts and videos focusing on purpose in life, work and the world.
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Moments of friction, reflecting on the friendship market, holding on to our shared humanity and more in #TheEdit.
- I study friendship. Here’s how you make lasting friends. People’s ability to make new friends reflects the strength of the “friendship market” they are in – The New York Times (gift link)
- What happens when we admit we don’t know? Why humility fuels curiosity, and how to cultivate these qualities in an age of certainty – Big Think
- The beauty of friction. We are conditioned to treat resistance as a defect, but suppressing it comes with its own risks – Financial Times (gift link)
- For the first time in half a century, astronauts are going back to the Moon. They will loop around the Moon in a figure of eight, in what is called a free-return trajectory, before coming home. Why won’t they land? – The Economist
- This whole AI thing is simpler than you think. It’s the humans who bring the complexity, culture, and chaos – Fast Company
- How to keep your humanity. Discover what happens to our wellbeing when we respond to suffering with compassion and collective action – The Science of Happiness Podcast
- The feeling you get when you see goodness. Some moments shine so brightly they pull us out of ourselves. Elevation manifests as a rarefied impulse – a call to embody goodness – The Beautiful Truth
“Zooming in and out is such an easy way to remind myself, You are one of eight billion. Awe almost always involves resetting the scale where you go from big and significant and very important to small and insignificant and not that important.”
Kelly Corrigan
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