Opinion | Paul Olson: In praise of averageness
Most of us would feel a little hurt if told we were average. This is no surprise since society often tells us we must be special, standing out in the crowd. The daily news puts the...
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Most of us would feel a little hurt if told we were average. This is no surprise since society often tells us we must be special, standing out in the crowd. The daily news puts the...
Before making another new year resolution it’s worth asking if change is what you need
Author: Avram Alpert We live in a world oriented toward greatness, one in which we feel compelled to be among the wealthiest, most powerful, and most famous. This book explains why no one truly benefits from this competitive social order, and reveals how another way of life is possible—a good-enough life for all. Avram Alpert shows how our obsession with greatness results in
By the end of this year, the G7 aim to launch an “open, cooperative international Climate Club” to foster coordinated action to achieve the Paris climate agreement’s maximum-warming target of 1.5°C without leaving anyone at a competitive disadvantage. Although we have been hearing calls for international climate action for decades, there is good reason to think that this time will be different. The Climate Club is the brainchild of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose proposal is based on four premises. First, international climate action needs to be broad-based and consistent, with al...
By Avram Alpert and Dennis J. SnowerBERLIN — By the end of 2022, the G-7 aims to launch an “open, cooperative international Climate Club” to foster coordinated action to achieve the Paris climate agreement’s maximum-warming target of 1.5°ºC without leaving anyone at a competitive disadvantage. Though we have been hearing calls for international climate action for decades,