Charity seems like a good thing until it is expected to solve the problems created by the dwindling Welfare State. Covid has created a situation where more people need charity and fewer people are able to contribute. It would be nice if more people contributed their professional skills to charities instead of just wanting to hand out cups of tea.

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---- This Week's Links ----

[1] Trump Charity scams - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/07/donald-trump-charity-foundation-misuse-lawsuit 

[2] The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins - https://amzn.to/2FOtxvy 

[3] Halt & Catch Fire - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt_and_Catch_Fire_(TV_series) 

[4] City Centres Prets close article - https://www.standard.co.uk/business/pret-a-manger-store-closures-full-list-a4490016.html 

[5] Strength Based Care - https://positivepsychology.com/strengths-based-interventions/ 

[6] Utopia for Realists - Rutger Bregman - https://amzn.to/33HepG3 

[7] GiveDirectly? - https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/08/07/541609649/how-to-fix-poverty-why-not-just-give-people-money?t=1600762568043 

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In this week's episode of the "Things that Michael is Worried About" podcast, we talk about expanding and achieving our potential. We hate the idea of wasting potential but it turns out it's never possible to use it all.

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[1] Free Book Tracking Happiness and Why It Works - https://goodtohear.co.uk/free

[2] Restaurants Brighton - https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk

[3] Brighton Natural Health Centre - https://brightonnaturalhealthcentre.org.uk

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This week we talked about burnout. Running out of steam. Exhaustion. Getting hives. We share some experiences of being overworked and how we do a better job these days of managing our energy levels, commitments and boundaries for a better work/life balance. Hopefully.

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[1] Bullshit Jobs - David Graeber - https://amzn.to/2VAcEvq 

[2] Changes - https://goodtohear.co.uk/changes 

[3] Habits - http://appstore.com/goodtohear/goodhabits 

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Michael is learning to drive and not enjoying it. Ivanka’s been driving forever. We compare notes. Also: Croatian bureaucracy.

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Restaurants Brighton: https://restaurantsbrighton.co.uk

---- This Week's Links ----

[1] Educated by Tara Westover - https://amzn.to/3g1E1DS 

[2] A-Level results - https://www.theguardian.com/education/live/2020/aug/13/a-level-results-day-2020-live-students-teachers-government-ucas-mock-exams-triple-lock-nick-gibb 

[3] Kamala Harris - https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/08/11/us/biden-vs-trump 

[4] Fall Guys video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjg6dDMFC3I 

[5] Signs study - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/04/removal-road-markings-safer-fewer-accidents-drivers 

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We talked about pride and Pride in our exploration of this week’s noun. In the context of work, shame, identity - you know - stuff like that. We are not experts in LGBTQ matters but we’re doing our best. 

---- This Week's Links ----

[1] Michael's app - https://goodtohear.co.uk/changes

[2] Email us [email protected]

[3] Japanese Joker video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqQEg4Dk3us 

[4] Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race - https://amzn.to/2uInkrp 

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Why is fame so appealing? Why are famous people so fascinating? We tell some celebrity stories so that’s exciting, right? But why? We conclude that we should treat our friends the way we’d treat famous people. (Famous people we like, that is.)

---- This Week's Links ----

[1] Ivanka’s Trump tweet - https://twitter.com/ivanka/status/821286796491362304 

[2] Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo - https://amzn.to/2Di0nUj 

[3] My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite - https://amzn.to/2XoM5Ii 

[4] Queenie by by Candice Carty-Williams - https://amzn.to/3i6IaYK 

[5] Ivanka’s Guilty Feminist exchange - https://twitter.com/GuiltFemPod/status/1288793444714938369 

[6] Michael’s video about playing live gigs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eld2nWh73mk 

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Michael had a good week releasing a new feature in his changes app with a video and wanted to talk about his weird feelings around the response. Ivanka offers some therapy as we discuss the nature of change, the ways we struggle to make changes, the perils of pursuing happiness. It's more about developing resilience than becoming permanently happy.

Blog post on Changes including the video is here: https://goodtohear.co.uk/blog/post/Introducing_Changes

Brighton Natural Health Centre is here: https://brightonnaturalhealthcentre.org.uk/

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[1] Allen Carr books - http://amzn.to/2E7ff7r

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Some Coronavirus talk. Some mask talk. Some talk of personal responsibility vs state or institutional responsibility. This touches #BLM, capitalism, neoliberalism, privilege - you know - everything that leftists like us like to talk about.

Brighton Natural Health Centre - https://brightonnaturalhealthcentre.org.uk/

Good To Hear - https://goodtohear.co.uk

---- This Week's Links ----

[1] Rutger Bregman on The Intercept - “Can We Build a Politics of Hope?” - https://theintercept.com/2020/07/02/deconstructed-podcast-rutger-bregman-human-nature/

[2] Mark Fisher Capitalist Realism - https://amzn.to/2WGvXBH 

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Ignorant leaders commit us to stupid plans because experts are too paralysed by their own depth of knowledge to speak up.

This week we talk about Expertise Paralysis in different disciplines.

We offer ideas for communicating important ideas before it's too late.

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Brighton Natural Health Centre: https://brightonnaturalhealthcentre.org.uk

---- This Week's Links ----

[1] Kanye’s Presidential Bid - https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/10/kanye-west-president-2020-is-it-real

[2] Information Is Beautiful Love The Bomb - https://informationisbeautiful.net/2009/how-i-learnt-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb 

[3] Trisha Greenhalgh - https://twitter.com/trishgreenhalgh

[4] Dunning Kruger Effect - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

[5] Wintergatan - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcXhhVwCT6_WqjkEniejRJQ

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We talked about Fairphone (this is not an advert!) and how much different tech companies and communities are doing to fix supply change and ethical problems. When open-source libraries are changing their websites in support of #BlackLivesMatter we could all probably be doing more.

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Brighton Natural Health Centre: https://brightonnaturalhealthcentre.org.uk/

---- This Week's Links ----

[1] Fairphone - https://fairphone.com 

[2] Fairphone Talk at Meaning Conference - https://meaningconference.co.uk/videos/bibi-bleekemolen

[3] KitKat no longer Fair Trade - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jun/23/profoundly-disappointing-kitkat-cuts-ties-with-fairtrade

[4] Materials and supply chains - https://www.fairphone.com/en/2017/05/04/zooming-in-10-materials-and-their-supply-chains/

[5] Bosch steward-owned company - https://medium.com/bettersharing/steward-ownership-is-capitalism-2-0-76a1c50a6d88

[6] Michael’s Efforts YouTube video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHl2aEvJW48&list=PLWng0deEc0VOMrncxmPbbxG2L8rJGsfV9&index=17&t=1s 

[7] It’s time to ditch the fashion seasons - https://www.treehugger.com/its-time-ditch-fashion-seasons-4854380

[8] Puma environmental profit and loss sheet - https://about.puma.com/en/sustainability/environment

[9] Trump campaign asks supporters to sign coronavirus waiver ahead of rally - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/12/trump-rally-supporters-sign-coronavirus-waiver

[10] TikTok K-Pop fans own Trump- https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-salutes-k-pop-stans-for-their-possible-trump-troll

[11] Rubocop post - https://timriley.info/writing/2020/06/08/rubyists-we-must-do-better 

[12] Romesh South Africa - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07h2ygq

[13] Rhodes Scholarship - https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/

[14] Intercept Defund Police - https://theintercept.com/2020/06/11/is-it-time-to-defund-the-police/ 

[15] iPlayer Black Panthers Doc - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03jnjpf/p03jnht3

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