Future
No forecasts. Scenarios you can get up for in the morning.


Happiness Is Not on the Ballot
Governments appoint ministers for happiness and sort budgets by wellbeing. The data show where happiness is actually made: at the table, on the square, in trust between strangers,…

Scenarios, Not Forecasts
Forecasts record the mood of the moment more faithfully than the future. Scenarios do something humbler and more useful: they prepare us without pretending to know.

Twelve Small Decisions
Big resolutions make good headlines and poor habits. Research on how routines form suggests something quieter: fewer vows, more small decisions, repeated until they stop being decisions.