The Edit: What We Promise
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Our weekly round up of the best articles, podcasts and videos focusing on purpose in life, work and the world.
- Platform your enemies. The more odious the geopolitical figure, the more urgent the invitation – The Atlantic
- Freedom at work. There is always a demand for more jobs. But what makes a job good? For that, Immanuel Kant has an answer – Aeon
- A young architect’s designs for climate change. Pavels Hedström believes that most architecture separates us from nature. He wants to make nonhuman life inescapable – New Yorker
- What Asia’s economic revolution means for the world. Links between the region’s countries are getting stronger. But America’s loss is not entirely China’s gain – The Economist
- How brands can better live up to what they promise. Brands tend to over-promise and under-deliver, which can be disastrous for their future prospects – Creative Review
- Populism could derail the green transition. Western politicians are scared of a backlash against climate change policies that have been sold as good for the economy – Financial Times
- What is Positive Psychology? The study of how we can be happier – The Beautiful Truth
“Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.”
Peter Drucker