Global development ⁽⁴⁾

Do you find yourself vexed by the state of the economy? Perhaps by how hard it is to find work, or rising prices, or the sense that only a few are doing well while most people are struggling? Are you saddened by the damage being…

What is 80000 hours? 80000hours.org is a career guidance web site aimed at highly educated people who want to do satisfying work that has a positive impact on the world. Highly skilled individuals will work for around 80 000 hours over the course of their…

The Gapminder website opens with the provocation that you are probably wrong. Wrong about important subjects like global warming, migration, poverty and international conflicts. For the average intellectually-leaning person who (like me) considers themselves reasonably well-informed, it is hard not to read on – to…

How would you like to be good at predicting the future? I mean, ever since we consulted Oracles in ancient Greece we’ve wanted to know what’s going to happen. Pinker, in Enlightenment Now, tells us about research into what makes people good at predicting, that…