The Edit: The Voices We Carry
The Edit

The Edit: The Voices We Carry

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

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26th Sep 2024

Holding your ideas, knowing your limits, celebrating your voice and more in this week’s #TheEdit.

  • Scientists have captured Earth’s climate over the last 485 million years. Here’s the surprising place we stand now – Washington Post
  • Malcolm Gladwell holds his ideas loosely. He thinks you should, too – The New York Times
  • Competent leaders know their limits. How to spot the difference between confidence and competence Harvard Business Review
  • The three voices of poetry. The first is the voice of the poet talking to himself – or to nobody. The second is the voice of the poet addressing an audience. The third is the voice of the poet when he attempts to create a dramatic character speaking in verse – The Atlantic
  • Lunchtime gossip used to fuel the City. Talk is rarely cheap, nor is it tax-deductible – Financial Times
  • The value of our values. When Nietzsche used the tools of philology to explore the nature of morality, he became a ‘philosopher of the future’ – Aeon
  • What is Doughnut Economics? In Doughnut Economics, the goal isn’t more; it’s enough for all, within Earth’s boundaries – The Beautiful Truth

“Give people the sense that the world that you’re given is not the world you have to settle for.”

Malcolm Gladwell