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The Edit: The Long Shot
The Edit

The Edit: The Long Shot

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

2 minute read

1st May 2026

Sunday rituals, messages in bottles, a life well-lived, the staggering improbability of our existence and more in #TheEdit.

  • The wildest bet is the winning bet. We ourselves are children of improbability. This poem celebrates this – The Marginalian 
  • The most important question to ask yourself about your life’s purpose. Modern life has confused comfort and stimulation for genuine fulfillment. Could the Ancient Greek distinction between hedonia and eudaimonia help pull us out of this trap? – Big Think 
  • Planning a ‘Sunday reset’? It might make you richer. A potential remedy to the ‘Sunday scaries,’ this trend is helping some to feel more on top of things as they head into the workweek – Fast Company 
  • When did stories become so centred on good battling evil? And why? In modern stories, the moral future of a realm, galaxy or multiverse must be protected from groups setting out to crush its most sacred values. Do we see this in ancient stories too? – Aeon Video
  • Signed, sealed, delivered. What happens when someone throws a message into the sea? – New Yorker  
  • TIME100 most influential companies of 2026. This is TIME Magazine’s list, of titans, leaders, disruptors and innovators  – TIME 
  • What if the real dividend of AI is space, not pace? As AI frees up time at an unprecedented scale, the real challenge for leaders may not be how to use it, but whether they can resist the urge to fill it – The Beautiful Truth 

“It helps to remember that we ourselves are children of improbability, that everything we treasure exists not because it had to, not because it was likely or necessary, but because the universe took a gamble against the staggering odds otherwise.”

Maria Popova