Essays Episodes

Jan. 28, 2021

Do Better Better #14: A Safety Net for America

Originally published to our community through our newsletter and blog, the Do Better Better essays are now available in audio for the first time. You’ll learn how to ask questions and think about our changing world, for yours...

Jan. 22, 2021

Issue #214: Some Honest-to-Goodness Optimism, Keeping Up With COVID, Giving Up the Vape

This week: Giving it all we got; 25 doses; Tobacco is the new tobacco; Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at funtalk@importantnotimportant.com Follow us on ...

Jan. 15, 2021

Issue #213: Our COVID predictions for 2021

This week: Why’s COVID so bad in Los Angeles?; How the next few months will go; Go deeper on clean tech; IVF might get a lot more effective thanks to AI; All the way down the food chain; Find links from this newsletter and mo...

Jan. 13, 2021

Do Better Better #13: Flailing, Perfected

Originally published to our community through our newsletter and blog, the Do Better Better essays are now available in audio for the first time. You’ll learn how to ask questions and think about our changing world, for yours...

Jan. 8, 2021

Issue #212: How Ossoff and Warnock will help fight climate change

This week: Context is everything; Back to your regularly scheduled pandemic; COVID has rightfully distracted a lot of science funding, but the train hasn’t stopped entirely; Beef: It’s what’s destroying the Amazon; Read: "The...

Dec. 31, 2020

Do Better Better #12: 20% For the Future

This episode was originally published in print on December 14, 2020. For more information on 20% For The Future or to get involved, email us a questions@importantnotimportant.com. This is an open-source community-driven effor...

Dec. 30, 2020

Do Better Better #11: The Trick to Unlocking Every Problem

This episode was originally published in print on December 7, 2020. Originally published to our community through our newsletter and blog, the Do Better Better essays are now available in audio for the first time. You’ll lear...

Dec. 29, 2020

Do Better Better #10: “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future”

This episode was originally published in print on November 22, 2020. Originally published to our community through our newsletter and blog, the Do Better Better essays are now available in audio for the first time. You’ll lea...

Dec. 28, 2020

Do Better Better #9: Georgia On My Mind

This episode was originally published in print on November 9, 2020. Originally published to our community through our newsletter and blog, the Do Better Better essays are now available in audio for the first time. You’ll lear...

Dec. 25, 2020

Issue #211: The 80/20 Problem of Our Time

Happy Holidays! In brief, this week: how to breathe in India. "Who Gets to Breathe Clean Air in New Delhi?" Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at funtalk@im...

Dec. 24, 2020

Do Better Better #8: One Choice Determined the Last 400 Years

This episode was originally published in print on October 11, 2020. Originally published to our community through our newsletter and blog, the Do Better Better essays are now available in audio for the first time. You’ll lear...

Dec. 23, 2020

Do Better Better #7: Let's Measure How Exposed You Are, Shall We?

This episode was originally published in print on September 20, 2020. Originally published to our community through our newsletter and blog, the Do Better Better essays are now available in audio for the first time. You’ll le...

Dec. 22, 2020

Do Better Better #6: How to Spend The Next 10 Years

This episode was originally published in print on September 7, 2020. Originally published to our community through our newsletter and blog, the Do Better Better essays are now available in audio for the first time. You’ll lea...

Dec. 21, 2020

Do Better Better #5: How to Spend Your Time Right Now

This episode was originally published in print on August 29, 2020. Originally published to our community through our newsletter and blog, the Do Better Better essays are now available in audio for the first time. You’ll learn...

Dec. 18, 2020

Issue #210: Checking Your Clean Air Privilege, Fighting COVID Misinformation, & Starving for Capitalism

This week: Justice for Ella Kissi-Debrah; fighting COVID misinformation on Facebook; how often should your kids be on antibiotics?; and what hunger does to a nation (during a pandemic (during a climate crisis)). Applying to t...

Dec. 17, 2020

Do Better Better #4: How To Pass A Test

This episode was originally published in print on August 29, 2020. Originally published to our community through our newsletter and blog, the Do Better Better essays are now available in audio for the first time. You’ll learn...

Dec. 16, 2020

Do Better Better #3: This Is What Makes Us Exceptional

This essay was originally published in print August 2, 2020 Originally published to our community through our newsletter and blog, the Do Better Better essays are now available in audio for the first time. You’ll learn how to...

Dec. 15, 2020

Do Better Better #2: Why Do We Exist?

This essay was originally published in print July 26, 2020 Originally published to our community through our newsletter and blog, the Do Better Better essays are now available in audio for the first time. You’ll learn how to ...

Dec. 14, 2020

Do Better Better #1: Who Do You Want To Be? And Why?

This essay was originally published in print July 19, 2020 This week, we’re introducing Do Better Better: essays to plan for the future, today. Originally published to our community through our newsletter and blog, now availa...

Dec. 11, 2020

Issue #209: This is Definitely Important Probably, Guy Fieri Rescues the Restaurant Industry, When Water Meets Capitalism

This week: The 80-20 Rule works both ways; The incredibly timely importance of probably; We can learn a lot on how to think from a survey of 700 epidemiologists by the New York Times; The second-order effects of everything; A...

Dec. 4, 2020