Mark Fabian

@markfabian.bsky.social

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Ass-Prof of Public Policy at Warwick. Work mostly on wellbeing from an interdisciplinary perspective. Interested in *everything*. Run ePODstemology: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1763534/episodes

The Supertree Grove at Gardens by the Bay, Singapore. by Khairul Nizam. Creative Commons Licensed Image from Wikipedia.

Screenshot of Amazon.co.uk showing Beyond Happy by Mark Fabian ranked #2 overall in the subject of Psychology. Jodi Piccoult's Second Glance is #1 and James Clear's Atomic Habits is #2.

William Blake's ancient of days (Urizen), his symbolic representation of reason gone overboard. Reason forgets the glowing realm of complexity from which it came, reaches out in to the void with its measurement instrument, separates it into parts, and believes the void thereby known. The truth is in the rear view mirror.

Homer Simpson frustrated that his jigsaw puzzle isn't fitting together

Two very happy people in a park in London

Amy Santiago from Brooklyn 99 is an example of New Public Service, specifically mission-driven bureaucrats. This GIF shows her sniffing a large binder labelled 'Conflict Resolution' and remarking "mmm new binder smell".