Rethink: 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