The meaning of the dining room and climate change
The meaning of the dining room and climate change
What stuck with me, what you missed, and one question worth asking
What stuck with me this month
No, You Don’t Have the Power to Stop Climate Change
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Bold statement and Toro backs it up in the post. He argues that as a wealthy nation, the US can abate emissions; we have the technology, systems, and regulations. Poorer countries do not — but that doesn’t mean they don’t want to develop their economy. That means:
“The big, pathway-determining climate decisions will be made by politicians in Jakarta, by public utility officials in São Paulo, by oil company executives in Dubai, and, most of all, by cabinet ministers in New Delhi and Politburo members in Beijing… This, I think, is the ultimate taboo in climate circles: the simple, crushing realization that what we in the West do doesn’t matter much to our climate trajectory from here on out.”
Toro observes that no one wants to point this out because our individual agency has been placed at the center of the climate movement.
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Your Career Doesn’t Need to Have a Purpose
By Stephen Friedman
This is an article I’ve been meaning to write myself. The increasing emphasis on purpose has built it into something so grand that when we’re asked to share our purpose, many of us feel badly if we don’t produce a significant answer. Friedman acknowledges that our lives change over time and recommends thinking about how we can make work meaningful “by making it a part of [our] exploration, as opposed to expecting a job to fulfill [our] entire reason for being.”
He continues: “While the concept of purpose focuses on identifying a life goal, meaning is more about knowing the nature of your work matters to you or others in some way.”
I couldn’t agree more. I got off the individual purpose bandwagon years ago and don’t have one myself. If you’re someone who feels overwhelmed when someone asks you about your purpose, this one is for you.
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Why Dining Rooms Are Disappearing From American Homes
By M. Nolan Gray
In this case, the why wasn’t as interesting to me as the effect of removing dining rooms from the home: a drop in socialization.
“But in many new apartments, even a space to put a table and chairs is absent. Eating is relegated to couches and bedrooms, and hosting a meal has become virtually impossible. This isn’t simply a response to consumer preferences. The housing crisis — and the arbitrary regulations that fuel it — is killing off places to eat whether we like it or not, designing loneliness into American floor plans.”
Worth considering.
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What you missed
Look closer at what you do
Your actions reveal what you truly value. They also tell you more about the impact you’re having on others.
You have to say no more than yes if you want to make the most of your time as a team.
But saying no can be hard. Here are four steps to consider.
How you can think about growth
Or what we're talking about when we talk about growth, with a better question you can ask.
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One question worth asking
What are the big shifts happening around you?
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