Kira Newman, Managing editor of Greater Good Magazine
Stephanie Ricci contributed to this story.
The collective psyche seems changed more than two years since the Covid-19 pandemic was declared. People have ditched the notion of disengaged work in exchange for success, while labor shortages and increasingly flexible work indicate a new attitude to the work life — and greater pursuit of happiness and purpose.
As the managing editor of Greater Good Magazine, Kira Newman has been scanning scientific research to bring stories on leading a happier and more compassionate life to readers. The latest research she’s uncovered sheds some light on our ability to experience happiness and altruism in the contemporary traumatic moment marked by a seemingly never-ending pandemic.
In spring 2021, Newman felt herself, and others, withdraw from…
