Thought provoking

The first axiom is: it is impossible not to communicate. In other words, we don’t just communicate when we choose to speak or send out a message; in fact, we don’t only communicate when we intend to communicate. You can see the truth of this if you consider, for example, how you might interpret someone else’s failure to return a phone call – especi

Look around. Society is filled with highly engineered versions of reality that are more attractive than the world our ancestors evolved in. Stores feature mannequins with exaggerated hips and breasts to sell clothes. Social media delivers more “likes” and praise in a few minutes than we could ever get in the office or at home. Online porn splices t

“I can’t give you a surefire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”

–HERBERT BAYARD SWOPE

American editor and journalist, first recipient of the Pulitzer Prize

Journaling for Emotional Regulation

• Use journaling to process urges and impulses, rather than suppressing or acting on them.


• This practice offers a safe space for introspection and helps refine your thoughts before expressing them.

The French have a term: déformation professionnelle. It’s the way your profession influences the way you see the world. Clem’s mum Jamanda, for instance, is a radiologist. She looks at a lot of X-rays and scans and tries to see if there’s anything wrong. In a scan, there is a regular appearance and an irregular appearance for all the things she mig

Urban-Rural Climate Impact Gap

• Urban residents generally face less direct climate impact compared to rural communities.


• Those most affected, often in regional areas, paradoxically express less environmental concern, complicating cultural divides.

Norway’s Wealth Fuels Green Transition

• Norway models how to turn fossil fuel wealth into funding for a green economy and net-zero goals.


• Australia could follow by taxing mining profits to finance renewable energy transition and innovation.

In the last five years, what new belief, behavior, or habit has most improved your life?

Asking myself the question, “When I’m old, how much would I be willing to pay to travel back in time and relive the moment that I’m experiencing right now?”

If that moment is something like rocking my six-month-old daughter to sleep while she hugs me, then the an