‘The Future has an Ancient Heart.’ 1956 Carlo Levi in 1929

The 12 things that make a theory interesting, as classically listed by Murray Davis in a 1971 article, also can serve other purposes: like deciding what is a good topic for a popular article, or as a guide for finding disruptive ideas for the future. …ssnationalstudies.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/thatsi…

Reading a book on economics by Erik Anger. Alleviating the feeling of scarcity is a critical task inside organisations right now.

The liking-learning gap, what students like is not what they learn from: 📊We like graphics, but fun slides hurt long-term recall (boring ones help) 🧑‍🏫We think we learn more from slick lecturers, but we don't 🍪 When given cookies in a final class, we report we learned 20% more

An actor and a facilitator walk onto a stage… open.substack.com/pub/radacts/p/…

Missing Kim Hill yet? Her producers have worked with Emile Donovan to pick 30 of her best interviews from over the past 30 years. We’ll release a new episode each day over the summer for you to enjoy and get your Kim fix. Follow & listen on any pod app. open.spotify.com/show/3YBZdl0kh…

“England’s farmers are in trouble. They’re being squeezed by supermarkets and high fertiliser costs, and all the while, their farms are polluting our environment. They can’t afford to go green, but Britain can’t afford for them not to.” ukonward.com/reports/greene…

Given how much space potholes have taken up in nzherald articles as kiwis have become roading experts - this is something downunder as well

Very nice writeup of my work with Aaron Sojourner--measuring systemic declines in economic news "tone"--by Roge Karma with The Atlantic. Worth a read. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

There is a gap between what we imagine we are doing and what we are actually doing. There are increasingly complicated diagrams, maps & quick solutions. & what imagine we are doing can stop us from noticing both reality and the possibilities. radacts.substack.com/p/its-more-use…

As Britain's opposition party (The Labour Party) toys with the idea of introducing them in the UK, re-read our interview with Hugh Pope on citizens' assemblies: fivebooks.com/best-books/cit…

Heartening and inspiring. Memories of Daniel Kahneman behavioralscientist.org/remembering-da…

3ºC Neighbourhood is a new piece of research co-authored by CIVIC SQUARE Dark Matter Labs on the risks UK urban neighbourhoods face due to climate + ecological breakdown under a high emissions scenario, likely resulting in +3ºC average global temperature. bit.ly/Neighbourhood3

Writing for Busy Readers is a tremendous book that looks at how you can apply behavioural science to writing The key points are summarised here

Maggie Smith:

Earlier this year we worked with (CLES) Centre for Local Economic Strategies to publish 14 case studies that looked at how different approaches to natural resource management can deliver public and community value. The aim of this research is to learn lessons and principles that could be applied here in

Serendipitous to read this quote from Maggie Smith after Bethany Jarmul's wonderful writing workshop this evening. What are you naming?

5 provocations from Pablo Suarez open.substack.com/pub/radacts/p/…

Charles Bukowski, greatest answer of all time

Audre Lorde wrote in her journal, “My feelings are real but not always right.” Again, knowing who to be mad at is part of the work.