The Edit: Time and Desire
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Why we shop, how we measure time, what we find enchanting and more in #TheEdit.
- How our mail-order age warps time and desire. One of the glaring aspects of our modern world is that we talk faster than we shop by an order of magnitude – The Common Reader
- The mind-bending new science of measuring time. In windowless labs in Colorado sit the 20 atomic clocks the world sets its watch by. They’re barely keeping up – Financial Times
- To know a place. Why it takes more than a lifetime to truly understand a single meadow – Aeon
- Why sustainable development must start with inner development. “One part Davos, two parts Glastonbury.” That’s how Gib Bulloch describes the Inner Development Goals (IDG) Summit – The Beautiful Truth
- Why is gratitude so difficult? When we feel grateful, we’re doing something that’s more complex than it seems – New Yorker
- The balancing act of family business. Through a collective conversation across 5 different families, these business leaders explore the challenges that family businesses face in driving innovation – Courier
- What does enchantment mean and how can it transform a workplace? Understand how Chloe Valdry applies the theory of enchantment to tackle DE&I challenges for some of the biggest companies in America – The Atlantic
- What can business leaders learn from the nonprofit world? As business leaders navigate an increasingly febrile work environment, they may want to look to nonprofit leaders for guidance – The Beautiful Truth
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“There is a certain cool vogue in lamenting the emotional landscape of old ways of doing things lost to time.”
Ben Fulton