Our attention is our most precious – and most pursued – resource. And yet, a novelist finds radical joy in simply being present, a writer relearns how to read, and a 2,000-year-old philosopher explains why the best leaders go unseen. This week’s #TheEdit is about how we can reclaim our time.

• A writer learns how to read again. Rewiring your attention in the age of the feed  – The Atlantic    
• The radical act of enjoying this life. Novelist Gary Shteyngart on his philosophy of enjoyment and why it can feel like such a radical act to simply be present – The New York Times 
• The 4 types of leaders, and why the best one is barely noticed. Two thousand years ago, Chinese philosopher Laozi identified problem workplaces still struggle with: leaders who create dependence rather than foster capability – Big Think  
• How Gen Z is rewriting London’s literary scene. Book launches, readings and lectures with party energy are among the buzziest events in town for a 20-something crowd – Financial Times  
• The measure of flourishing. Human prosperity depends on nature, but no global metric has captured this with precision. Enter the Nature Relationship Index – Aeon  
• AI doesn’t feel. So why does it have something like emotions? When – if at all – does being able to represent an emotion amount to experiencing it? We simply don’t understand consciousness well enough to say – TIME  
• The promise and peril of ai-powered conservation. AI can chart ecosystems in ways humans never could. Yet, as Cambridge scholar Joycelyn Longdon warns, conservation can’t depend on algorithms alone – The Beautiful Truth