Amol Rajan

How We Can Make a Better World

After darkness, there is always light 
 
In a time of increasing uncertainty, Rethink offers a guide to a much-needed global 'reset moment', with leading international figures giving us glimpses of a better future after the pandemic. Each contribution explores a different aspect of public and private life that can be re-examined - from Pope Francis on poverty and the Dalai Lama on the role of ancient wisdom to Brenda Hale on the courts and Tara Westover on the education divide; from Elif Shafak on uncertainty and Steven Pinker on Human Nature to Xine Yao on masks and Jarvis Cocker on environmental revolution. Collectively, they offer a roadmap for positive change after a year of unprecedented hardship. 
 
Based on the hit BBC podcast, and with introductions by presenter and journalist Amol Rajan, Rethink gives us the opportunity to consider what a better world might look like and reaffirms that after darkness there is always light. 
 
RETHINK List of contributors 
 
WHO WE ARE 
Carlo Rovelli - Rethinking Humanity 
Pope Francis - Rethinking Poverty 
Peter Hennessy - Rethinking Democracy 
Anand Giridharadas - Rethinking Capitalism 
Jared Diamond - Rethinking a Global Response 
Ziauddin Sardar - Rethinking Normality 
The Dalai Lama - Rethinking Ancient Wisdom 
C.K. Lal - Rethinking Institutions 
Jarvis Cocker - Rethinking an Environmental Revolution 
Clare Chambers - Rethinking the Body 
Steven Pinker - Rethinking Human Nature 
Tom Rivett-Carnac - Rethinking History 
Jonathan Sumption - Rethinking the State 
 
WHAT WE DO 
David Skelton - Rethinking Industry 
Emma Griffin - Rethinking Work 
Caleb Femi - Rethinking Education 
Gina McCarthy - Rethinking Activism 
Tara Westover - Rethinking the Education Divide 
Kwame Anthony Appiah - Rethinking the Power of Small Actions 
Charlotte Lydia Riley - Rethinking Universities 
K.K. Shailaja - Rethinking Development 
Samantha Power - Rethinking Global Governance 
KT Tunstall - Rethinking the Music Industry 
Rebecca Adlington - Rethinking the Athlete's Life 
Brenda Hale - Rethinking the Courts 
Nisha Katona - Rethinking Hospitality 
Katherine Granger - Rethinking the Olympics 
David Graeber - Rethinking Jobs 
James Harding - Rethinking News 
Carolyn McCall Rethinking Television 
 
HOW WE FEEL 
Mohammad Hanif - Rethinking Intimacy 
H.R. McMaster - Rethinking Empathy 
Carol Cooper - Rethinking Racial Equality 
Paul Krugman - Rethinking Solidarity 
Amonge Sinxoto - Rethinking Safety 
Reed Hastings - Rethinking Togetherness 
Kang Kyung-wha - Rethinking Accountability 
Lucy Jones - Rethinking Biophilia 
Colin Jackson - Rethinking Our Responsibility for Our Health 
Mirabelle Morah - Rethinking Ourselves 
Nicci Gerrard - Rethinking Old Age 
Brian Eno - Rethinking the Winners 
Jude Browne - Rethinking Responsibility 
Elif Shafak Rethinking Uncertainty 
 
HOW WE LIVE 
Amanda Levete - Rethinking How We Live 
Niall Ferguson - Rethinking Progress 
David Wallace-Wells - Rethinking Consensus 
Margaret MacMillan - Rethinking International Cooperation 
HRH The Prince of Wales - Rethinking Nature 
Onora O'Neill - Rethinking Digital Power 
Matthew Walker - Rethinking Sleep 
Henry Dimbleby - Rethinking How We Eat 
Eliza Manningham-Buller - Rethinking Health Inequality 
Pascal Soriot - Rethinking Medical Co-operation 
Xine Yao - Rethinking Masks 
George Soros - Rethinking Debt 
Mariana Mazzucato - Rethinking Value 
Douglas Alexander - Rethinking Economic Dignity 
 
WHERE WE GO 
Peter Frankopan - Rethinking Asia 
Stuart Russell - Rethinking AI 
DeRay McKesson - Rethinking the Impossible 
V.S. Ramachandran - Rethinking Brains 
Seb Emina - Rethinking Travel 
Aaron Bastani - Rethinking an Aging Population 
Rana Foroohar - Rethinking Data 
Anthony Townsend - Rethinking Robots

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