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Community Building
The "Creativity Pioneers" proving that imagination
is a practical tool for social transformation.
Moleskine Foundation
Disconnection is not a personal failure, but a systems challenge — and an opportunity for employers to strengthen our social fabric.
Governance scholar and University of Pittsburgh professor Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, Ph.D. on the forces that decide whether conflicted nations unify or unravel.
John Templeton Foundation
A conversation with investor and author Alex Morris on what Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger can teach us about focus, discipline, and building a life that lasts.
Workplace community is too often dismissed as an HR initiative, when in reality it’s the key to driving business results through frontline employee performance.
Social entrepreneur Aaron Hurst explains why the decline of social connection is the greatest challenge of our time — and offers a roadmap for restoration.
You no longer need an army of followers to stand out as a writer — “one great piece is all it takes,” says Perell.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
“The primary way that people make friends is through institutions."
"No matter how long you’ve been doing a job or how good people say you are, you need to care as if you’ve never done it before."
The "Shopping Cart Litmus Test" is a popular meme about morality. What does it really reveal about one's character?
Susannah Fox, former chief technology officer for the HHS, explains how technology has empowered us to help fill in the cracks of the healthcare system.
"Groupthink" gets a bad rap. In reality, we need groups to focus our thinking and to build on the ideas of others.
John Templeton Foundation
De-urbanized lifestyles can be aligned with basic Taoist principles — and remote workers are starting to feel the connection.
It’s a lot easier to point out things that are gezellig (adjective) than it is to define gezelligheid (noun) itself.
Adolescents actively shape the transformation of religion and become the bearers of new religious patterns, worldviews, and values.
John Templeton Foundation
Democratic freedom, rapturous religion, and newspapers created a hotbed for social experimentation in 19th-century America.
A history of injustice and the greatest natural location for ground-based telescopes have long been at odds. Here's how the healing begins.
Entrenched business wisdom says that community-led economic systems are pure fantasy. Douglas Rushkoff disagrees.
Many Americans aren't rejecting spirituality, just practicing it differently.
An interview with filmmaker Jason Sussberg about his new film about Stewart Brand and the importance of culture in achieving progress.
Be famous within five miles.
Two ICU physicians offer a new approach to stopping it.
Can Detroit get its comeback right?
Pet owners have consistently reported higher levels of social capital in their communities than people without pets.
Investments in public libraries are a long-term investment in children and communities.
Online Shinto communities have existed since the birth of the internet as we know it.
This map of Hutterite colonies in North America says something about religion and evolution — and more precisely, speciation.