There is so much good, thought-provoking, valuable stuff on the internet. There is no chance that either of us is going even find out about it all, much less read and digest it. Beyond that, one will lift a person's spirits or answer a burning question one day will be irrelevant on another day.
With that in mind, I still have two sources to point to:
TED talks
Time magazine
I get something from TED talks at least weekly. This week brought the 4th summary of a TED talk conference.
https://mailchi.mp/ted/hot_young_widows_club_book
The lead item is a talk on facing grief from the death of a loved one. Normally, a death of someone elderly isn't as shocking or wrenching as the death of a young person. Also, a partner one is just starting out with, someone on whom you are depending to share life with, is extra painful to lose. There are other interesting and memorable talks linked.
time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/
Every year, TIME magazine puts out an issue on 100 most influential people. I just thought about influences on my life yesterday. It might be that few of the people mentioned are currently a big influence on your life or mine. That's not what brings tears to my eyes with this issue. It's the authors of the items and their relation to the subject of their writing.
I love the idea of Mitch McConnell writing about who and what Brett Kavanaugh is, of Hillary Clinton writing about Nancy Pelosi, of Elizabeth Warren writing about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and especially Bill Gates writing about Tara Westover. If you don't recognize these names, you will find it worthwhile to look them up. There is a page in the issue where Time reports the results of reader opinion polls as to who matters. One name that I didn't know there was Jacinda Ardern. She is the young prime minister of New Zealand who thrilled the world with her leadership during the aftermath of a nasty shooting in that island nation.
