Rebuilding Connection in a World Designed to Divide Us
An acclaimed design thinker argues that our societies have been built to push us apart—but they can be rebuilt for human connection
Social trust is the single most powerful predictor of human happiness. But we are living through a crisis of trust. As people lose faith in neighbours, strangers, and institutions, we are becoming more susceptible to loneliness, division, and extremism.
Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
Blending insights from science with stories of urban change around the world, Happy City offers a completely new way to examine city life, showing how innovations that put wellbeing first can radically improve urban life.
Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in Melanesia
We are not as free or as rational as most of us like to think. Charles journeys through the South Pacific, discovering the ways in which ancestors use myth and magic to control our lives.