Rebecca Solnit on an emerging new world, mapping happiness across geographies, the bravery deficit and more in #TheEdit.

• Why are London’s top galleries full of laptops? Freelancers are moving their desks to combine working with fitness, socialising and culture – Financial Times (gift link) 
• We’re all living in the ‘mirror world’ now, says author Naomi Klein. “The thing about doppelgangers is; they’re always a message telling you a warning: You have to look at yourself. There’s something about yourself that you’re not seeing” – The Ezra Klein Show 
• Happy map. This interactive article maps 100,000 moments that made people happy – The Pudding 
• ‘A new world is being born’. Rebecca Solnit argues: “if you forget that every good thing we have came about as the result of a heroic struggle, of course you will despair. Change is made by people who refuse to forget” – The Guardian 
• A bravery deficit is holding back today’s leaders. Activist, author and Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani explains why playing it safe is hurting workplaces, and how to change it – Big Think 
• Death Valley, California is having a golden moment. Desert flowers are blooming; white flowers with an almost invisible stem, as if hovering through thin air; and pink petalled flowers with five red blotches look like a place where a fairy should live – The New York Times (gift link) 
• Indignation – the split second between moral clarity and righteous action. Our moral compasses may differ, shaped by personality, upbringing or culture, yet some things are near universal – The Beautiful Truth