Your posting on decision making and emotions is really fascinating Tom. It resonates with some of the points that Bill Gates made in his Harvard speach where he discussed how we can help cut through complexity to ensure that we continue to tackle difficult problems and not give up.

His point too is that we need to find ways of continuing to take positive action and inspire people to participate. He says “you have to show more than numbers, you have to convey the human impact of the work, so that people can feel what saving a life means to the families effected”

Being connected to the human element, the face to face contact, can surely only build our capacity for real empathy, something that statistics are unable to activate?

His speach is full of optimism and hope. Thanks to Mick for the link.