- “Would a city of a quarter of a million people be the obvious choice for the site of a military nuclear facility?” An entirely sensible question from the Ecologist, given that Plymouth is apparently just such a place.
- Ikea announced this week that they aim to use 100% renewable energy by 2020, part of a broad ‘people and planet’ vision.
- Does our modern lifestyle sideline intraverts, asks Susan Cain, and how can we achieve a better balance?
- The updated edition of Tim Harford’s rather good The Undercover Economist includes a chapter on the financial crisis, which is available free here.
The Earthbound Report 
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Always thought provoking and often not heard news on this site !
I highly recommend Susan Cain’s book, Quiet. We do suffer, as a society, from a focus on extroversion, in schools, workplaces and elsewhere in society. Susan Cain really makes the case for taking notice of introverts needs, not only to the introverted individuals, but also to companies who are employ (or at least should employ) introverted staff, as well as to society as a whole.
Thanks Simeon, I’ll look out for the book.