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The Edit: What Comes After Authenticity
The Edit

The Edit: What Comes After Authenticity

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

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19th Jul 2024

Radical imagination, our true selves, taking ownership of time and more in #TheEdit.

  • Elephants are doing something deeply human. They’re part of a growing list of animals that use namelike calls – The Atlantic
  • Beyond authenticity. In her final unfinished work, Hannah Arendt mounted an incisive critique of the idea that we are in search of our true selves – Aeon
  • How much should a leader know about their team? Until it becomes micromanaging – Financial Times
  • On radical imagination and moving towards life. Writer adrienne maree brown speaks to renowned podcast host Krista Tippett on “pleasure activism,” and “emergent strategy” – On Being
  • Astronomers have found a cave on the moon. Such structures could serve as habitats for future astronauts – The Economist
  • People still want to work. They just want control over their time. People who had greater control over their time had the highest job satisfaction and overall satisfaction with their lives – Harvard Business Review
  • Changing the conversation around disability. Chaeli Mycroft, Co-founder and Global Ambassador of The Chaeli Campaign & Chaeli Foundation USA, explores why the way we approach disability must change – The Beautiful Truth

“The authentic self is the self that has broken away from the herd; it is the self that exists for the self alone.”

Samantha Rose Hill