Laura Pike Seeley
@laurapikeseeley
Laura Pike Seeley
I think that the era of rigid zonal segregation is over. No longer can a city be simply divided into a series of discrete places: the place where I work, the place where I live, and the place where I want to spend my leisure time. This simplistic planning notion is about to change. People want to live in closer proximity to their work, and they... See more
Andre Brumfield • Trends to Watch Reshaping the Future of Cities and Urban Living
It's a complex mess that'll ultimately require a ledger of interventions to remedy in full -- but last week, scientists presented an intriguing way to help alleviate the burden.
Scientists Say We Could Feed 1 Billion More People With One Change to the Global Food System
We often raise issues of justice and equity not to advance meaningful social causes but to generate positive attention for ourselves by denigrating others. Sometimes this involves piling on—joining a Greek chorus of reproachful replies without contributing anything new—or exaggerating one’s moral outrage for dramatic value. In doing so, we dilute the impact of critical ethical issues and foreclose the possibility of productive public discourse. The goal is not to understand but to win.
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Atria Books • Building a Second Brain
The community is the Orbit, a futuristic-sounding name for a new district on the edge of the town of Innisfil, Ontario, a commuter city about a half-hour drive north of Toronto.
Nate Berg • fastcompany.com
An atmosphere of psychological safety is essential for organizations who seek to foster innovative, happy, resilient teams.
ReWorked • Support Psychological Safety With Your Digital Workplace Design
We need to shift some discussions to be asynchronous—not real-time—to remove the pressure that synchronous or in-person work can cause.
How Asynchronous Work Helps You Leverage Your Team’s Diversity
Artificial intelligence is already deeply embedded in our culture, yet all too many of us seem to think of it as something new, something we might recognize if we saw it, something we are not already living with.