“It’s hard to be alive. The anxiety of living makes us want to judge, be sure, have a stance, definitively decide. Having a fixed, rigid system of belief can be a great relief.” - George Saunders

Congratulations to David Samson for winning the 2023 #BalsillePrize. An outstanding contribution to public policy discourse

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Just announced: David R. Samson wins the 2023 #BalsilliePrize for #PublicPolicy, for his book, Our Tribal Future: How to Channel Our Foundational Human Instincts into a Force for Good. ◣ Find out more about our $60,000 prize winner at https://t.co/AEkkXKMMnO

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Remarkable crop of finalists for this year’s #BalsilliePrize. Congratulations to the authors. And happy reading to all Canadians interested in critical public policy issues.

#GCWCCMatters, #GCWCC, From October 5th to the 13th, join us for this year’s Walk, Run, Roll!

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Some crucial advice for living:

‘The editor’s relationship to a book should be an invisible one.’ RIP to the “invisible one” that gave the greatest of gifts to so many readers.

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Things that reduce the odds of long-term success: Eating poorly. A lack of focus. Staying up late. Making excuses. A lack of patience. Focusing on yourself. The wrong relationships. Working more to fix being busy. Buying things you don’t have the money for.

When you catch yourself saying “that doesn’t make any sense,” “that shouldn’t happen,” “I didn’t expect that,” you’re surprised. That’s your cue to pay attention. Surprises are a clue that you’re missing something. Dive and figure out what.

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Canadian wildfire smoke darkened the skies of New York City and sent the air quality index soaring past 400 on Wednesday, well into the “hazardous” range and the worst since the EPA began recording air-quality measurements in 1999. https://t.co/kXhZndwYPH

“My pitch for this episode is simple: Jennifer Pahlka has written one of the best policy books I have ever read.” - Ezra Klein https://t.co/ovq93yHgJQ

Being a good human can change someone’s life. Usain Bolt makes sure he’s that type of person

The first woman to be a regular news anchor in Canada. Wonderful video below.

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Technological change always outruns regulatory capacity. The rate and intensity and breadth at which AI will challenge regulatory capacity across the globe will be breathtaking. It will rattle industries and institutions and individuals Deal with AI before it deals with you.

Wonderful two minutes of life lesson from an incredible young man.