Ways of Flourishing
Optimism is the meta that defines the rate of progress, and progress translates into longer, healthier, wealthier, and happier lives for more people.
Packy McCormick • Optimism
Something flourishes by becoming something beautiful and worthy of admiration. We human beings flourish by taking our circumstances and making the most of them in fulfilling our human potential.
Russell D. Roberts • Wild Problems: A Guide to the Decisions That Define Us
‘We must design social structures that activate the futurability we have within us,’ says Saijo. ‘If we don’t do this, our continued existence itself is at stake.’
Roman Krznaric • The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World
Here is where culture enters the picture. I mean“culture” in its anthropological rather than artisticsense. What values and practices can hold people to-gether as the institutions in which they live fragment? My generation suffered from a want of imagination inanswering this question, in advancing the virtues ofsmall-scale community. Co
... See moreRichard Sennett • The Culture of the New Capitalism
How can we live the good life? One enlivened by joy and community and meaning, that brings us a sense of worth and belonging and strengthens the people and natural environments