The Edit: Thinking Long Term
The Edit

The Edit: Thinking Long Term

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

2 minute read

29th Jul 2022

Why two brothers are trialling out selling shares in themselves, how human values evolve across history and more in this week’s The Edit. 

  • A backlash against the tyranny of high expectations: why it’s OK not to be perfect at work – The Economist 
  • Is selling shares in yourself the way of the future? Two tech minded brothers are testing the water of a new way of confronting inequality – The New Yorker
  • Big picture history: how human values evolve. Historian Ian Morris charts the big changes to humanity across long-term history – 80,000 Hours Podcast
  • British businesses could invest more, but uncertainty holds them back. Tim Harford went to Legoland to investigate how the UK can improve its productivity – Financial Times
  • It’s time we started thinking more about the purpose and design of our office spaces. With hybrid work on the rise, strategies must include consideration of the new office – McKinsey
  • How to design for a market obsessed with sleep. The sleep wellness market has exploded in recent years, and creativity is setting some brands apart from the throng – Creative Review
  • Photos of the week from across the globeThe Atlantic 
  • What’s behind mass burnout, and what can we do to cool things down? The struggle to maintain a healthy work-life balance is as old as work itself – The Beautiful Truth

“Don’t we have an obligation, a responsibility, to our planetary future and the generations of humans and other species to come?”

Roman Krznaric