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The Making of the Western World
samwrenlewis
  • Oct 23, 2020
  • 4 min

The Making of the Western World

Before embarking on my deep dive into Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now – which argues that, over the past 250 years, humanity has made...
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Why is Progress a Problem?
samwrenlewis
  • Oct 4, 2020
  • 4 min

Why is Progress a Problem?

Announcing an exciting new 17-part project... Hi everyone, I hope you’re all doing well out there, as the bookends of the days edge...
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Remembering Ken Robinson
samwrenlewis
  • Aug 28, 2020
  • 6 min

Remembering Ken Robinson

Sir Ken Robinson died last week. If you haven’t heard of him, stop reading this blog post and go and watch his first TED talk, “Do...
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Review of Political Hope by Charles Eistenstein
samwrenlewis
  • Aug 14, 2020
  • 6 min

Review of Political Hope by Charles Eistenstein

How we can bring back hope to our politics... Over the past 10 days, I’ve been listening to Charles Eisenstein talk about Political Hope...
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The Happiness Problem and beyond...
samwrenlewis
  • Aug 11, 2020
  • 2 min

The Happiness Problem and beyond...

An update from me... Hey all, it's been a while since the last blog post, which is a shame because I seem to remember saying it'll be...
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Beyond Balance
samwrenlewis
  • Jun 27, 2020
  • 4 min

Beyond Balance

How the dinstinction between control and connection goes well beyond balancing the two mindsets… This week, I started a number of small,...
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Feeling shit
samwrenlewis
  • Jun 13, 2020
  • 4 min

Feeling shit

Post-happiness doesn’t necessarily feel so good… Today, I’m feeling kind of shit. Not about anything in particular – life is okay. Just a...
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Post-Happiness
samwrenlewis
  • May 30, 2020
  • 5 min

Post-Happiness

What is a post-happiness way of living?... In my last blog post, I talked about my experience of two different modes of beings – the...
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The Connection Mode
samwrenlewis
  • May 29, 2020
  • 5 min

The Connection Mode

Another week, another blog post. Let’s see if I can keep this up… As explained in my previous blog post, I've been reticent to write...
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 Slow is beautiful
samwrenlewis
  • May 14, 2020
  • 5 min

Slow is beautiful

Some personal reflections on my lockdown experience… So, this is my first blog post since lockdown. Which is kind of surprising, being...
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The Importance of Trust
samwrenlewis
  • Mar 20, 2020
  • 3 min

The Importance of Trust

Rising up in the face of adversity is something we do together... It may not feel like it, but today is the International Day of...
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The Greta and Attenborough Story
samwrenlewis
  • Feb 3, 2020
  • 5 min

The Greta and Attenborough Story

Why our survival depends on what the young and old have to say, and always has done Last month, the US Treasury Chief told youth climate...
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Blue Monday, Blue Life
samwrenlewis
  • Jan 20, 2020
  • 3 min

Blue Monday, Blue Life

Why Blue Monday isn't all that bad... Apparently today is Blue Monday, which I didn’t know before going on Twitter (#MondayBlues)....
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What Is Real Change? And What Does Happiness Have to do With It?
samwrenlewis
  • Dec 3, 2019
  • 4 min

What Is Real Change? And What Does Happiness Have to do With It?

Jeremy Corbyn, with his Labour manifesto for the upcoming election, are promising ‘real change’. According to the manifesto, the election...
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Why the problems of democracy and happiness have more in common than you think
samwrenlewis
  • Nov 30, 2019
  • 4 min

Why the problems of democracy and happiness have more in common than you think

This is a guest blog I wrote for Transforming Society, which you can read on their website here It’s election time. You probably know who...
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What’s beyond wellbeing measurement?
samwrenlewis
  • Nov 27, 2019
  • 4 min

What’s beyond wellbeing measurement?

This is a guest blog I wrote for Happy City, which you can read on their website here During my time as Head of Research and Development...
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Politics: Can we handle the truth?
samwrenlewis
  • Nov 20, 2019
  • 4 min

Politics: Can we handle the truth?

What would it take to have honest and truthful political debate? Since the UK election leadership debate last night, there has been a lot...
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How to survive the wellbeing agenda
samwrenlewis
  • Nov 17, 2019
  • 5 min

How to survive the wellbeing agenda

How can we think about our happiness without simply adding more items onto our already full to-do lists? And what are the costs of...
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The Happiness Problem is out now!
samwrenlewis
  • Nov 9, 2019
  • 2 min

The Happiness Problem is out now!

I'm back! And it's time to buy my book :-) So it’s been a while! I last posted a blog in August, saying that my aim was to continue...
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Blog update: A change in direction
samwrenlewis
  • Aug 8, 2018
  • 1 min

Blog update: A change in direction

This is just a quick update to say thanks to everyone for reading the blog so far, and that future posts are going to take a bit of a...
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