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Live longer and healthier with Healthcare 3.0
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity Peter Attia MD 2023 "Another issue is that longevity itself, and healthspan in particular,...
Dan Connors
Oct 26, 20236 min read
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The Heat Will Kill You First
The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet Jeff Goodell 2023 "If there is one idea in this book that...
Dan Connors
Oct 20, 20235 min read
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Can computer coders make government more user-friendly?
Recoding America: Why Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better Jennifer Pahlka 2023 "We strive to reach people...
Dan Connors
Oct 17, 20235 min read
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How do rich and powerful people get away with everything?
Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away With It Elie Honig 2023 "This is no defeatist eulogy for our justice system. This is,...
Dan Connors
Sep 27, 20234 min read
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We'd rather be dead than wrong?
Denying to the Grave: Why We Ignore the Facts That Will Save Us Sara E. Gorman, Jack M. Gorman 2016 "Two flat earthers die and go...
Dan Connors
Sep 21, 20234 min read
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Future me- who is that guy and why should I care about him?
Your Future Self: How to Make Tomorrow Better Today Hal Hershfield 2023 "The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of...
Dan Connors
Aug 21, 20235 min read
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The Creative Act- Making something out of nothing
The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin 2023 The act of creation is a uniquely human act. Ideally, it is a way for our soul to...
Dan Connors
Aug 10, 20235 min read
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Uninhabitable Earth- How Screwed Are We?
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming David Wallace-Wells 2019 “It is worse, much worse, than you think. The slowness of climate...
Dan Connors
Aug 8, 20233 min read
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More & more- is our addiction to more helping or hurting?
The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here Hope Jahren 2020 “All species will go extinct eventually,...
Dan Connors
Aug 1, 20233 min read
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Is celebrity worship making us downgrade friends and neighbors?
Celebrity Nation: How America Evolved into a Culture of Fans and Followers Landon Y. Jones 2023 "Fame is a by-product. Fame is...
Dan Connors
Jul 19, 20234 min read
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Do disasters bring out the best in us?
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster Rebecca Solnit 2009 “This is a paradise of rising to the...
Dan Connors
Jul 3, 20234 min read
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Katie Porter - one of the few good ones
I Swear: Politics Is Messier Than My Minivan Katie Porter 2023 “If you’re full of bullshit, I’m coming for ya, I just don’t have...
Dan Connors
Jun 25, 20234 min read
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Friendship- the invisible bond that makes life worth living
Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends Marisa G. Franco 2022 "A friend is someone who...
Dan Connors
Jun 14, 20238 min read
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What's the Magic Word?
Magic Words Jonah Berger 2023 “Saying you “recommend” rather than “like” something makes people 32 percent more likely to take your...
Dan Connors
May 29, 20234 min read
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Soul Boom- Dwight from The Office creates a new religion
Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution Rainn Wilson 2023 "I think God has a tremendous sense of humor" Rainn Wilson For nine...
Dan Connors
May 18, 20235 min read
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How engineers make everything
The Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans Bill Hammack 2023 Where did microwave...
Dan Connors
May 10, 20234 min read
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American Rule- Are we exceptional?
American Rule: How a Nation Conquered the World but Failed Its People Jared Yates Sexton 2022 “America’s original Noble Lie is the...
Dan Connors
May 5, 20235 min read
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The Invisible Kingdom of autoimmune diseases and how we can fight back against them
The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness Meghan O'Rourke 2022 “There is a razor-thin line between trying to find something ...
Dan Connors
Apr 29, 20236 min read
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Corporations- good, evil or just misunderstood?
For Profit: A History of Corporations William Magnuson 2022 "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and ...
Dan Connors
Apr 9, 20237 min read
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An Immense World- an awe-inspiring trip into the hidden worlds of animals.
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us Ed Yong 2022 “A moth will never know what a zebra finch hears...
Dan Connors
Mar 12, 20234 min read
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