Join 📚 Jim's Highlights
A batch of the best highlights from what Jim's read, .
Wanting to copy the happiest people in the world is an understandable impulse, but it distracts from a key message of the happiness rankings—that equitable, balanced societies make for happier residents.
Denmark, Finland, and the ‘Secrets’ of the Happiest Countries - The Atlantic
theatlantic.com
We talk a lot about polarization as if it were a disease that infected society, but we’re missing a key data point: polarization is a growth hack, and it works.
It delivers results.
When you pick a side and commit to it wholly and without reservation, you get things that moderate positions cannot provide. You get certainty in an uncertain world. You get a community that will defend you. You get a simple heuristic for navigating complex issues.
How to Stay Sane in a World That Rewards Insanity
Joan Westenberg
The creator economy doesn't need another savior. It needs fewer parasites.
Your Creator Economy Math Is Built on Our Broken Dreams
Joan Westenberg
...catch up on these, and many more highlights
Readwise