The tensions between challenge and ease, silence and noise, isolation and connection in modern life and more in #TheEdit.

• How to think about the sublime. An exquisite mix of fear and awe, pleasure and pain, the sublime stretches the imagination and reveals the limits of reason – Psyche
• How to have a passionate life. A surprising route to the best life possible​​; do things that are unpleasantly hard, argues David Brooks – The New York Times
• I always needed background noise in my life. Then I embraced the silence. The cacophony around me seemed to drown out my daily worries until a writing retreat showed me there was a better way – The Guardian
• Socialising is a muscle that needs working. Five years after Covid, I still don’t want to see people. There is joy in being antisocial – Financial Times
• The four types of thinking leaders need to practice and teach. Expert thinking, critical thinking, strategic thinking and systems thinking – Harvard Business Review
• The human umwelt is story. We are the only species on Earth who process reality in the form of narrative, says storytelling expert Will Storr – The Beautiful Truth