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Closing the Curtain on 2024

A year of The Noösphere in review, some personal updates, and what’s ahead

Katie Jgln
The Noösphere
5 min readDec 20, 2024

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Well, it looks like we’ve almost made it.

And as we’re staring down the season finale of yet another chaos and horror-filled year, I can’t help but find myself — like many of us, I imagine — empathising with that character from The Three-Body Problem who decided to invite aliens to invade Earth. At least then we’d all be on the same side. For once.

In the spirit of wrapping things up, I thought I’d also take a moment to look back at my work at the Noösphere over the past year and reflect on what lies ahead in the coming one.

I promise I’ll keep it brief and sweet, though.

And there will be a picture of my feline assistant along the way.

Over the past year, I’ve written a total of 65 newsletters covering topics ranging from gender and economic inequality to public health, political polarisation, social media, consumerism, and climate change.

Some of my most popular posts include the following:

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Musings on humans, culture and politics through a social sciences lens written by Katie Jgln.

Katie Jgln
Katie Jgln

Written by Katie Jgln

Social scientist pushing for better humanity. London based. Also at: https://thenoosphere.substack.com

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