KnackNow Newsletter
What Knackers are reading
We’ve collected here the best stories and insights that we’ve come across during the week in areas such as business, workforce, education, science, technology, innovation, poverty and progress, the digital economy, and other world-shaping ideas and events.
SCIENCE
A New Theory Explains How Consciousness Evolved
~ Michael Graziano / The Atlantic
New research center becomes first to focus on wisdom
~ Greg Borzo / UChicago News
Scientists Are Trying to Solve the Mystery of Awe
~ Jordan Rosenfeld / NY Mag: Science of Us
Are the Rich More Lonely?
~ Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas / The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley
LIFE ADVICE
Graduating and Looking for Your Passion? Just Be Patient
~ Angea Duckworth / The New York Times
Are You in Despair? That’s Good
~ Lisa Feldman Barrett / The New York Times
Steven Spielberg: “I Was in a Celluloid Bubble”
~ Sophia Nguyen / Harvard Magazine
LEADERSHIP
Why entrepreneurs are essential to the global economy
~ Mark Weinberger / Financial Times
The Secret to Being a Better Leader: See and Hear Others
~ Dacher Keltner / NY Mag: Science of Us
WORK
Of careers and carers: Conservative workplaces are holding South Korean women back
~ The Economist
EDUCATION
How to make a good teacher
~ The Economist
ROBOTS
Japan robot maker to tackle loneliness with R2-D2-like machine
~ Kana Inagaki in Tokyo / The Financial Times
Industrial robots: a short guide
~ Ben Bland / Harvard Magazine
How I try to lead when making changes that affect people
~ Joel Gascoigne / Medium
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