When visiting Brussels, Belgium, Engelhart speaks to Wim Distelmans, an oncologist and euthanasia proponent, about whether assisted death should be offered to more people in the United States. “It’s a developing country,” he tells her. “You shouldn’t try to implement a law of euthanasia in countries where there is no basic healthcare.” A reader wonders, … Continue reading The United States, Pro-Life as Sickness
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Lithium: The Gripping History of a Psychiatric Success Story
"Some 70 years ago, John Cade, an Australian psychiatrist, discovered a medication for bipolar disorder that helped many patients to regain stability swiftly. Lithium is now the standard treatment for the condition, and one of the most consistently effective medicines in psychiatry. But its rise was riddled with obstacles. The intertwined story of Cade and … Continue reading Lithium: The Gripping History of a Psychiatric Success Story
Book Recommendation: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
A former Russian Count is confined to a luxury hotel after the Russian Revolution. He lives there for a long time, and even in his confinement, life finds him. Even as a fictional character, he's a pleasant person to spend time with. Touching story that brought tears to my eyes a few times. Quite a … Continue reading Book Recommendation: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Book Review: “The Waste Books” by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
"Merchants have a waste-book (Sudelbuch, Klitterbuch, I think it is in German) in which they enter from day to day everything they have bought and sold, all mixed up together in disorder; from this it is transferred to the journal, in which everything is arranged more systematically; and finally it arrives in the ledger...This deserves … Continue reading Book Review: “The Waste Books” by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Book Review & Summary: Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
Review: Recommended. There is a lot of sound advice for life and business in this book. While the war stories do help to illustrate the points being conveyed, I thought that they distracted from the principles being discussed. Overall, worth your time. Summary: The central idea is to own everything that happens to you, i.e., … Continue reading Book Review & Summary: Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky
"This is the best scientific book written for non-specialists that I have ever read. You will learn more about human nature than in any other book I can think of, and you will be inspired, even if you find some of it hard to accept." —Henry Marsh,"Robert Sapolsky’s Behave is a tour de force of … Continue reading Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky
Book Review: Every Twelve Seconds by Timothy Pachirat
Highly recommended. Describes in detail the operation of an industrialized slaughterhouse, from the front office to the delivery of cattle and back again. While it is clear the process is inhumane and unsanitary, the working conditions of the employees are the focus. Even if the ethics of killing animals for food is not an issue … Continue reading Book Review: Every Twelve Seconds by Timothy Pachirat
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