This week, a former Buddhist monk, a philosopher, an AI editor and a play researcher make the case in #TheEdit – for why you’re probably taking yourself too seriously, using your phone wrong, and missing a whole category of knowing.

• The hidden cost of taking yourself too seriously. Play isn’t frivolous, and by denying playful impulses, you could be holding yourself back – Big Think 
• The AI future we actually want. AI editor of the FT Maduhmita Murgia shows three examples of how AI could work for good. Join the conversation; this is the start of a project they want as many people as possible to join – Financial Times 
• A former Buddhist monk advises us on how we should use our phones. This one question will change how you use it forever – TIME 
• The special kind of knowledge that can’t be put into words. Knowledge doesn’t only reside in books and lectures. As Bertrand Russell observed, there’s also ‘knowledge by acquaintance’ – Psyche 
• From CEO to entry-level, ask these 3 questions before sending an email or talking in a meeting. Leadership coach Aiko Bethea says it’s the best way to avoid slip-ups – like when a snap judgment leads to a poor decision, or when you mindlessly say “yes” to something you really want to decline – CNBC 
• What are we? Where are we? Contemplating the age-old question of what it means to be human, Charles Foster contends that we are most fundamentally ourselves at the edges of certainty and comfort – Emergence 
• What is the ‘Nature Delusion’? The idea that we are separate from nature shapes how we live, and what we destroy – The Beautiful Truth