How a table changed a culture, why imagination is a superpower and more in this week’s #TheEdit.

• Mars Inc demonstrates how to get the purpose vs. profit balance right. The family-owned business started in the 1930s leads by example when it comes to purposeful business – The Economist
• How a table changed a culture. A conversation with Martin Houghton-Brown from St John’s Ambulance about connection and identity – Eat Sleep Work Repeat
• While technology can bring progress, it can also enable new forms of destruction. How can we mitigate the damage technology can bring while reaping its benefits? – The New York Times
• Humans were made in the forest. We have thought of humans for a century or more as creatures of the savannah, shaped in every way by grassland life, but perspectives are changing – Aeon
• Can consumers be convinced to wash their clothes less often? Scientists are getting closer to developing odour-controlled fabrics that would help reduce the environmental impact of laundry – Raconteur 
• How to be happy, according to science. Happiness is found in the journey – Fast Company
• China taps markets for $10 billion in order to solidify their clean tech supremacy. China dominates electric vehicle supply chain while the West races to develop rare earths production – Financial Times 
• What sort of world would you like to live in? Compiling crowdsourced voice notes from citizens of every continent, Imagine for 1 Minute emphasises the transformative potential of a superpower we all hold: imagination – watch on The Beautiful Truth