The Edit: The Importance of Compassion
The Edit

The Edit: The Importance of Compassion

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

2 minute read

10th Feb 2023

How compassion can traverse the globe, imposter syndrome and more in this week’s #TheEdit.

  • A grieving Turkish diaspora rallies together. In Melbourne, dozens of volunteers packed three shipping containers with cardboard boxes full of new tents, blankets and sleeping bags – The New York Times
  • How ChatGPT could change white-collar work. No technology in modern memory has yet caused mass job loss among highly educated workers – The Atlantic
  • What is the panspermia theory? The idea that life on Earth originated elsewhere is not as far out as it seems – Aeon
  • Why everyone feels like they’re faking it. The concept of Impostor Syndrome has become ubiquitous. Critics, and even the idea’s originators, question its value – New Yorker
  • How coworking spaces impact employee well-being. Knowledge workers rated coworking space as more interpersonally satisfying than working from the office or from home – Harvard Business Review
  • How our interconnected world is changing. New research breaks down changes in the global flows that bind us together, and what those changes mean for our collective future – McKinsey
  • Overcoming ‘decision paralysis’, according to one CEO. At digital consultancy Jellyfish, the most knowledgeable person, rather than the most senior, is accountable for the outcomes – Raconteur
  • The era of the megalopolis: how the world’s cities are merging. Quite how to gauge the size of a city, or where one ends and the next begins, is getting harder to determine. The 21st century belongs to the limitless city – The Beautiful Truth 

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

Resources to support people affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

  • AKUT is a Turkish non-governmental organisation whose mission lies in search, assistance and rescue operations.
  • The White Helmets are playing a critical and life-saving role in Syria in the most desperate circumstances following the earthquakes.