Our journal, New Annales, looks backward in time to another set of annals: Marc Bloch and Lucien Febvre’s revolutionary Annales d'histoire économique et sociale, first published in 1929. The Annales school promoted an entirely new way of thinking about the world—interdisciplinary, problem-oriented, and long-view.
We seek to emulate their approach.
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The power of Sapiens lies in its ability to captivate even those un-inclined towards history and social sciences. The breadth of topics covered from economic frameworks and theological arguments to scientific advancements and animal rights ensures a holistic approach with something to appeal to all interests.
The take-aways: it is important to learn to embrace failure, and to talk about it. If you hide failure or do not challenge yourself, you will never grow. Most of all: do not be afraid to be ambitious.
We are so accustomed to looking forwards to new inventions and ideologies that we too often forget that the best and most useful wisdom is sometimes discovered by looking backwards.
Natural Capital is unique among books concerned with the environment. Helm makes a convincing case for discrediting the “save everything” mantra, instead advocating a pragmatic approach of compromise based on the valuation of natural assets.
Both Smirl’s wealth of knowledge as a scholar, and her experience as a development professional make Spaces of Aid an impressive and ground-breaking analytical work. Its most important take-away: we must not consider spaces of aid as a tabula rasa.
Nadella not only sees empathy as a necessary quality in leaders, but understands his own ability to empathise as the premise of his success at Microsoft, especially in his role as CEO. “Listening,” he writes, “was the most important thing I accomplished each day.”
In the opening instalment of our Conversation Starters series, Hampton and Dylan discuss the future of the work from home revolution. Will the workplace be forever changed, or should we maintain the separation of personal and professional?
