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The Edit: Meeting Daniel Kahneman
The Edit

The Edit: Meeting Daniel Kahneman

Our weekly round up of the best articles, podcasts and videos focusing on purpose in life, work and the world.

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15th Aug 2024

Nobel-winning psychologists, info-determinism, transformation and more in #TheEdit.

Solving the carbon market ‘integrity crisis’. Companies should consider new approaches to using carbon credits – Financial Times

When I met Daniel Kahneman for lunch. He was an octogenarian Nobel-winning psychologist, I was a nervous 20-something film producer. Here’s what struck me most – Psyche

Are we living in the age of info-determinism? Increasingly, our networks seem to be steering our history in ways we don’t like and can’t control – New Yorker

Transform – and drive change. Eleven out of 12 top-down target transformations fail to achieve their goals; how to be the outlier – Harvard Business Review

To save coral reefs, let’s freeze them. The goal is to buy time while we wait for the world to slow, and hopefully, one day reverse climate change – The New York Times

Scientists are one step closer to demystifying ‘Aphantasia’. Inside the brains of people who can’t picture things in their mind – The Atlantic

Walt Stinson: The Technology Conundrum. Walt Stinson is the CEO and Co-founder of ListenUp and Director of Human Security for All. He discusses how technology is a double-edged sword – The Beautiful Truth

“He reached out his hand for me to shake, and smiled one of those smiles you know is real because of the way the eyes crinkle.”

Namir Khaliq, discussing Daniel Kahneman