Community Resilience

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Books

Every tree, star, and cloud is a compass — if you know how to read them

Natural navigator Tristan Gooley joins us to discuss the philosophy of reading nature’s hidden clues — and how relearning this ancient skill can help us see the world, and ourselves, with greater awareness.

Kevin Dickinson

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Books

Not since WWII has the fight for liberalism been this urgent

In “On Liberalism," Cass Sunstein argues that liberalism can only endure if we reclaim its core commitments and revive its spirit of freedom and hope for the future.

Kevin Dickinson

A crowd of people, drawn by tourism, faces and photographs the Mona Lisa painting, which is displayed on a wall.

Mini Philosophy

Ian McEwan: “Tourism is a wonderful spectacle of mass derangement.”

Here are three ways to do it better.

Jonny Thomson

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Business

Inside my study of the world’s oldest companies

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

Eric Markowitz

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Business

How “6 points of connection” can repair our shared trust

Social entrepreneur Aaron Hurst explains why the decline of social connection is the greatest challenge of our time — and offers a roadmap for restoration.

Aaron Hurst