Senegal has seen dark days since 2019, with the sitting president trying mightily to illegally remain in power. The public persisted, though, and last month elected a new president, Africa's youngest. Enjoyed writing this newsletter edition on Senegal's democracy 180 👇

"I can’t scroll far...without seeing a post on dating red flags versus green flags, but essentially no social media content exists for how to evaluate other social media content," writes TPN director Emma Varvaloucas 🇺🇸🇬🇷 on how to spot a green flag news source. emmaexplains.substack.com/p/a-red-flag-s…

We love good news stories and Andrew Craig often discusses the enormous benefit of curating a healthy, positive set of news sources for overall happiness. This The Progress Network piece by Emma Varvaloucas 🇺🇸🇬🇷 discusses the staggering decline in worldwide mortality theprogressnetwork.org/global-child-m…

Does the US economy make you feel gloomy? This week, TPN founder Zachary Karabell and TPN exec. director Emma Varvaloucas 🇺🇸🇬🇷 spoke with economist and author Allison Schrager, about why that is and why she sees things differently. theprogressnetwork.org/podcast/the-ho…

Despite their reputation for equanimity, Buddhists are just as polarized as other Americans. It was an honor to interview John Wood Jr. & Mónica Guzmán about their work with Braver Angels for Tricycle: The Buddhist Review — with the election nearing, their wisdom is vital. tricycle.org/magazine/depol…

😮Did you hear about how a YouTuber in Cyprus possibly won a seat in European Parliament by accident? 🎧Let TPN founder Zachary Karabell and TPN exec. director Emma Varvaloucas 🇺🇸🇬🇷 catch you up on all the news you may have missed. link.chtbl.com/qOBxuUEk?sid=t…

Really fun interview.

One of those Substack emails I open immediately when Musa al-Gharbi has a new essay out. His Substack is Symbolic Capitalism, and greatly looking forward to his book We Have Never Been Woke, out in October.

Thanks so much to “What Could Go Right?” ⁦⁦The Progress Network⁩ cohosts ⁦Zachary Karabell⁩ ⁦Emma Varvaloucas 🇺🇸🇬🇷⁩ for having me on the podcast to talk all things #crispr and #geneediting podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wha…

If American history is said to zig and zag, where are we in that path now? Enjoyed weighing that question with pod hosts Zachary Karabell Emma Varvaloucas 🇺🇸🇬🇷 who consider this more deeply than most. It's right there in their name -- The Progress Network. link.chtbl.com/t1uN1qWj?=evan…

My political views are whatever this is slowboring.com/p/were-living-…

.Robert Wright always has sober-minded, insightful things to say, and this episode was no exception. Also highly recommend his "Don't Freak Out" election video, especially since there's so much to freak out about at the moment.

Could humanity potentially eliminate a cancer? This is what World Health Organisation Director General Dr Tedoras Adhanom suggests as this wonderfully positive piece by Emma Varvaloucas 🇺🇸🇬🇷 for The Progress Network reports. The power of human progress Andrew Craig theprogressnetwork.org/cervical-cance…