Notes from a burning planet

This is David, your freshly recharged human web crawler, back from a holiday in the Swiss Alps. You are reading issue 580 of the Weekly Filet, the newsletter for curious minds who love when something makes them go «Huh, I never thought of it this way!». As every Friday, I'm here to help you make sense of what’s happening, and imagine what could be. It's great to have you.Before I forget: I found some spare time to give collections a bit of a glow-up, making it more fun to explore the rich archive of the Weekly Filet by topic. Have a look!1. Notes from a burning Paris«This is what collapse looks like. It’s the breakdown of the systems and routines that keep life rolling comfortably in the way that we expect and in the way that the system demands.» A personal dispatch from Paris that puts into words that something is shifting. To many in Europe, this summer feels different. It is different. And yet it's also entirely what we knew was coming and will keep coming. What gives me hope: For…