The space race, what’s new with the sun and more in this week’s #TheEdit.

• Is the beach actually any fun? Perspectives from all sides of the ocean-holiday debate – The Atlantic
• The upside of workplace jargon. Acronyms and slang can help build cultures and improve efficiency – The Economist
• The summer solstice is here. What’s new with our sun? Let’s check in with our home star – The New York Times
• Start your new leadership role with the end in mind. To successfully step into a new role and set yourself up for long-term success, you must balance “now-forward” planning with “future-back” visioning – Harvard Business Review
• The new space race and exoplanet habitation. Why imagination is an important form of scientific speculation – At a Distance Podcast
• Money and modern life. Sociologist Georg Simmel diagnosed the character of modern city life: finance, fashion and becoming strangers to one another – Aeon
• Why we should worry about the technological pessimists. Futurists tend to overemphasise the speed of adoption and underemphasise the scope for adaptation – Financial Times
• The sun is always shining. Visual artist Claudia Biçen conveys a moving depiction of how we construct the self, through ink-and-pencil portraits and the voice of psychologist Dr Daniel Brown – The Beautiful Truth