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The world isn’t great at the moment. Throw a digital dart at any news site, or your own social media page, and you’ll land on things talking about at least one of the following: * The Israel-Palestine conflict * The war in Ukraine * Global warming * The aboslute awful state of
Ah, the internet. The digital equivalent of your local tip or dump. The place where your thoughts and feelings go to die. That may sound harsh, but sadly it’s true. On social media alone, every minute of every day, we share: * 527,760 snaps on Snapchat * 456,000 Tweets
Scenario: you walk into a crowded room. You’re late. Which means everyone hates you. Or does it? It’s an idea that has plagued people since the invention of the crowd. The thoughts and feelings of people we don’t know play a huge role in defining how we’
Well, Matt, I look at something and ask myself, “I would like that, and then I have it.” While that all sounds incredibly simple on the one hand, and unnecessarily philosophical for a grim Friday morning on the other, it’s a question that has popped up a lot for
You are all a bunch of liars. And so am I. Yep, I’ve been looking at some datasets this week - because I’ve got nothing better to do with my time - about how often we lie. And it turns out, we do it all the bloody time.
Anxious about climate change? Of course you are. We all are (I hope). Last month, the University of Bath published the results of its 2023 Climate Action Surveyand the results were bleak. Out of nearly 5,000 respondents, 19% of students and 25% of staff said they were “extremely worried”
There’s something weird going on in the demographic world. That’s not a sentence you thought you’d hear today! But there is, and I’m going to tell you about it. Figures around the average life expectancy of men and women in America have skewed. Women are living
Happy Monday everyone! Another week, another round of content for you to enjoy. Over on the podcast, we have our long read on cultures of silence, and how they permeate into work, families and even governments. It’s all based on the Russell Brand story that has hit the headlines
I’m taking a bit of a left-turn this week, as there’s an issue that has become national news that touches upon the subjects I talk about here at The Brink. Last weekend, Russell Brand, the comedian and more recently, conspiracy theory peddling YouTuber was named in a four-year
If you’ve ever worked in a corporate environment, chances are you would have stumbled upon the Myers-Briggs test. It’s a series of 93 questions, each one designed to prod and probe your personality. The goal? To put you, and everyone else into one of 16 different “types”. Those
🙋 BEFORE WE BEGIN 🙋 You can now listen to this newsletter on Spotify and on Apple Podcasts, or just press play below! There’s an odd anniversary being discussed in mental health circles this week: it’s been 50 years since the inception of the term “Stockholm Syndrome”. That’s odd,
Over on Netflix, there’s a fantastic new drama series called Painkiller - based on the brilliant book Empire of Pain. It tracks the story of how the opioid epidemic took hold of America, and how the Sackler family was instrumental in bringing about the healthcare crisis. One of the