The Bulletin: A Revelatory Fitness Study, A Guide For Safe Holiday Planning, and Why LinkedIn Rules the Social Media Roost

Today marks a new edition of The Bulletin, our round up of the week’s top stories surrounding the work of our world-changing speakers. Take these highlights and intrigue your colleagues, entertain your dinner guests, or broaden your own horizons!

For the week of Dec. 6th to Dec. 12th

THE WEEK IN HEADLINES

• Rounding up a week of Omicron variant news, bestselling author of Hit Makers and staff writer at The Atlantic Derek Thompson separates evidence from opinion to help us make informed decisions for our holiday planning. Find out what we know, so far.

THE WEEK IN NEW IDEAS

• What actually motivates us when it comes to fitness? According to a new, years-long study of 60,000+ gym-goers, the secret sauce for sticking to your workout routine needs just a few key elements. Discover how to boost your New Year's fitness goals in NBC’s overview of the study, led by pioneering researcher and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Grit Angela Duckworth, and Katy Milkman, award-winning behavioral scientist and author of the groundbreaking How to Change.
• Why is LinkedIn an enigma in the land of social media misinformation, engagement-baiting algorithms, and trolls? Alex Kantrowitz—one of the world’s most prolific tech reporters and author of Always Day One—shares a rundown of what LinkedIn gets right.
• How can we better understand the hidden power of our inner voice—and harness it to live a healthier, more satisfying, and more productive life? A Wall Street Journal review of award-winning psychologist Ethan Kross’ instant national bestseller Chatter reveals how our inner conversations shape our lives, work, and relationships.
• World-renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky’s origin story began as a class assignment, when he was asked to capture "evidence of man." He shares with CBC how he came to document the earth's changing landscape in the face of industrialism and the climate crisis.
• "Many U.S. allies continue to see the current state of American politics as a cautionary tale," writes Yascha Mounk—The Atlantic’s contributing editor and The People vs. Democracy author—offering a sobering preliminary assessment of Biden's presidency.
• There's work to be done in confronting unconscious age bias—but with little research available, where do we start? Forbes interviews Jessica Nordell about her revelatory debut book The End of Bias and the complicated battle against ageism.
• How many companies are shooting themselves in the foot in regards to data breaches, by refusing to grasp the situation’s severity? Leading cybersecurity expert, “white hat” hacker, and the author of Women in Tech Tarah Wheeler explains how we can—and need—to make the internet more secure in the face of rising threats. 

THE WEEK IN QUOTES

"Black women who challenge power, Black women who try to excavate the way that this country racially harms Black Americans, get castigated, get disparaged...I'm in a long lineage of Black women who tried to tell the truth and that people wanted to punish for that." 

—Watch the Los Angeles Times Book Club summary of a talk by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of The 1619 Project.

"It’s somehow easier to picture the Earth blasted and bleached by global warming...than to foresee the end of our 250-year experiment in self-government." 

—George Packer, bestselling author of Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal, explores the democratic dangers of our failed imagination.

THE WEEK IN RECOGNITION

• Nikole Hannah-Jones’ The 1619 Project: Born on the Water lyrical picture book has been chosen as one of TIME’s 10 best children's books of 2021—sharing an origin story for Black Americans rooted in perseverance and hope.
• Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Andrea Elliott’s Invisible Child has been selected as one of TIME’s best nonfiction books of the year. Pick up your own copy and discover the riveting story of a girl whose indomitable spirit is tested by an unequal America.
• Award-winning behavioral scientist Katy Milkman’s innovative book How to Change has been selected as one of The New York Times’ top wellness books of the year, for revealing the proven, science-backed path that takes you from where you are to where you want to be.
• Bestselling authors Nic Stone and Angie Thomas’ collab Blackout has been selected by TeenVogue as one of the best young adult books of the year. Angie even appears twice on the list, with her powerful Concrete Rose also featured!
• Deepa Purushothaman's upcoming The First, The Few, The Only was selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the top 10 Business and Economics books for the first half of 2022. Stay tuned for the release in March!
• Did you know that approximately 70% of the AR industry's creators are women? As selected by AI Magazine, here are the leading 10, including our very own Helen Papagiannis—AR world expert and bestselling author of Augmented Human.

LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK

If you couldn't make the original event date for our Author’s Corner with Andrea Elliott, you're in luck! The new date is Wednesday, December 15th. Join us for a free Q&A with Andrea about her new book Invisible Child—selected as Amazon’s #1 nonfiction book of 2021. Don’t miss this revelatory discussion. Register here!