One thing about modern life that s a given is that we try to make things as efficient as possible. We are all busy and we all want to do as much as we can in the limited time we have. It s clearly a worthy pursuit. Managers at work will praise you. Friends at dinner will Continue reading Just add a little friction
It s January and you deserve stories of how good actions can lead to grand outcomes in the long term. I ve got just the one based on this one tree in London s Hampstead Heath. The kinds of mosses, lichen, algae and other epiphytes growing on trees in London is directly the result of the Clean Air Continue reading One tree. One grand success story.
On Nov. 29, my book Climate Capitalism won the business book of the year award at the fifth Green Literature Festival. Here s my acceptance speech: Thank you to the organizers of the Green Literature Festival and to the jury of judges for this award. I’m really pleased to receive it and sad that I can’t Continue reading Three messages for India s green future
There are many. I found this compelling, from the writer Karl Ove Knausgaard: Saying what is self-evident is repetitive; the repeated is the already-known, and the already-known is the enemy of literature, its nemesis and true opposite. The self-evident confirms; literature challenges the confirmed. It is easy to describe what I see; it is easy Continue reading What is the point of literature?
The Persian melon, distinguished by its rugby ball shape and light orange skin, offers a perfect balance of sweetness and easy handling, making it a delightful treat. Unlike other melons, it’s easy to cut, with firm, mess-free pieces that retain a refreshing taste. Its subtle sweetness lingers long after eating. Continue reading In praise of the Persian melon
The BBC ran an excellent third series of three episodes of “Trust Me, I’m a Doctor”. You can dig into all their conclusions here. Here are the take away lessons from it: Marinating meat in beer (or wine) can help reduce the formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons—known are known to be cancer-causing agents—during barbecuing. Cramps are only Continue reading 20 health lessons from “Trust me,…
This is a lightly edited Slack chat with my colleague Solana Pyne, Quartz s senior video producer. The chat kicked off because of an article about how top publishers are using Facebook for their video strategy. Probably because we d both been thinking about what journalism means today, we managed to distill our ideas down in just a few chat Continue reading Contemporary journalism philosophy…
A bill introduced in Republican-controlled Wisconsin to ban abortions 20 weeks after conception is likely to become law in the next few weeks. That would make it the 38th new law across 11 US states set this year to restrict women’s access to abortion. Republicans slow attack on the right to abortion is working. Find Continue reading It’s becoming increasingly hard for American women to get…
When nearly half of US internet users are getting their political news from Facebook, it rightfully raises many worries. Chief among them is that Facebook’s powerful algorithm creates a “filter bubble” in which users mainly see posts they agree with, reinforcing the heavily polarized nature of American political discourse. In research recently published in Science, Continue reading What you need…
Nepal was again hit with a major earthquake again. Only three weeks ago a much larger earthquake had hit the country. Together they have left more than 8,000 dead, scores injured and millions displaced. Sadly, scientists had predicted that another earthquake was coming—and many more will come in the future in this seismically active region. Continue reading More quakes are coming for Nepal,…