Jason Shen: “Resilience is the ability to adapt effectively in the face of adversity and change. Most of us can adapt at least a little to a small amount of change. But the bigger the change or challenge, the harder it is to adapt. Cultivating resilience means building the tools and habits of mind to scale your ability to adapt…Resilience is not a trait or a resource—it’s a skill…Resilience does not mean being self-reliant—it means relying on and being reliable to others…Resilience is not just thinking and planning ahead of time—it requires flexibility and feelings of uncertainty...Resilience is a set of four primary skills: respond, restore, reflect, rebuild…The heart of resilience is confronting setbacks, obstacles, and changes that push you off your path, forcing you to begin again.”
Rahul Jacob: “India has been a…disappointment in opening up enough to let a huge labour force become a factory to the world and an alternative to China. While we have crafted an epic in software exports, which help pay our huge oil import bills, our share of global merchandise exports, at less than 2%, mirrors China’s lack of progress on its currency….The costs of not engaging adequately with the global trading system and matching the low tariffs of our Asian neighbours while instead grandstanding at the WTO is apparent in our lopsided labour market, which does not create enough factory jobs for women (and men), as Vietnam and Bangladesh have managed to do. Since 2017-18, the absolute number of farm workers in India has risen by more than 40 million, though economic emergence should have meant a decline. Instead of the world’s largest middle class, we have the world’s largest number of subsistence labourers with few other options. Encashing our demographic dividend came with a deadline, it turns out, one that we may have sadly missed.”
The Best Two-Player Board Games: from NYTimes. Among them: Hive, Summoner Wars, Star Realms, The Fox in the Forest, Jaipur, 7 Wonders Duel, and Targi.
