Each week a selection of 5 op. eds. and articles to better make sense of today’s world.
Weekly Selection
For Putin, it’s the point of no return. Populism doesn’t last for ever. The environment: the good news among the bad news. The German model is failing. And the Internet misses the point.[...]
Weekly Selection
How to find hope in an age of resentment; how to identify the eight headwinds that threaten global growth; how to make the case for improved globalisation; how to make sense of what just happened in Syria; and how to pick 52 interesting things.[...]
Weekly Selection
What the OECD sees in store for the global economy. Inflation surprises fuel populist support. Find the creativity burgeoning below the algorithms. Why domesday ‘prepping’ is innately American. The healing power of music.[...]
Weekly Selection
The grim reality of Europe’s economic problems. Why Trump’s presidency will see a rise in crony capitalism. What will Putin do next? No one really knows. What are microplastics doing to our health? No one really knows. What’s cooking in Silicon Valley kitchens?[...]
Weekly Selection
The possibility of a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine with a DMZ. How the ‘diploma divide’ destroyed support for the Democrats. Can we shape AI for better not for worse? The lure of longevity. How forgetting can in fact help our brain function.[...]
Weekly Selection
The end of US exceptionalism. Hope for constructive climate action is waning fast. It’s hard to grasp what its hosts hope for COP29. Beware the pitfalls of AI search. The power of storytelling persists - how to do it well.[...]
Weekly Selection
What brought the US to the brink of authoritarianism. Five geopolitical questions that political leaders must address and which of them are on Trump’s winning side. The power and influence of social media imagery. The idea of ‘field theory’.[...]
Weekly Selection
The economic importance of inclusive institutions. Signs that the US political system is drifting into autocracy. What happened at OpenAI. Why reading matters. Could pop-up restaurants be here to stay.[...]
Weekly Selection
There is an economic storm brewing. New economic fault lines emerging. Whatever the outcome, the post-election US will be increasingly divided and dysfunctional. Abuse of wellness can be a source of sickness. How to get the best out of stress.[...]
