A beautiful idea, suffocated by the rich
+ How to live, How to listen, How to groom a bonsai (#353)
1. A beautiful idea: how COVAX has fallen short
«It was a beautiful idea, born out of solidarity. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen…Rich countries behaved worse than anyone's worst nightmares.» A postmortem of the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access initiative — the largely failed effort to coordinate vaccine supply worldwide and ensure some sort of vaccine equity. Read it now.
2. Kill the 5-Day Workweek
It took a crisis to make the 5-day workweek a reality (back in the 1920s). Will this crisis spark the adoption of a 4-day workweek? Time will tell, but there’s definitely a good case to be made that we should. Read it now.
3. What Makes a Good Listener?
I like this way of putting it: A good listener is like an editor. One that — «in the kindest way possible» — helps the other person express what they really intend to say. Read more.
4. How to Live
One of my favourite books this year. 27 chapters, 27 answers to what’s the best way to live (Make memories, Do whatever you want now, Don’t Die,...). Ea…