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The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing - Bronnie Ware- 2011 What would you be thinking if you...
Dan Connors
Oct 17, 20205 min read
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The Hilarious World of Depression
The Hilarious World of Depression John Moe 2020 The title of this book is perfect, and it got my attention with the obvious...
Dan Connors
Oct 10, 20204 min read
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Are people generally good? or bad? or maybe a little bit of both?
Humankind: A Hopeful History Rutger Bregman 2020 In the past few years I've gotten a bit down about humanity and all its weaknesses,...
Dan Connors
Oct 7, 20206 min read
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The Death of Expertise, aka let's string up the scientists!
The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters Tom Nichols This book was written in 2017, but it...
Dan Connors
Sep 9, 20206 min read
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Mr. Jeopardy finally gives us the answers
The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life Alex Trebek 2000 I'm not a huge fan of autobiographies, as they can be dull and self-serving, but...
Dan Connors
Sep 5, 20203 min read
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How Not to Die
How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease Michael Greger with Gene Stone This book is...
Dan Connors
Aug 31, 20206 min read
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The Housing Crisis- why can't people find affordable homes?
Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America Conor Dougherty- 2020 The housing crisis is a slow-moving disaster that's been eclipsed for...
Dan Connors
Aug 24, 20203 min read
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In Awe- when was the last time you felt that way?
In Awe: Rediscover Your Childlike Wonder to Unleash Inspiration, Meaning, and Joy John O'Leary, 2020 "My friend,...
Dan Connors
Aug 13, 20205 min read
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Hate Inc- How much can we trust the media?
Hate Inc.: Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another by Matt Taibbi 2019 Can you trust the news media? What are their biases and...
Dan Connors
Aug 9, 20204 min read
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The Velvet Rope Economy- As the rich get richer, where do the rest of us go?
The Velvet Rope Economy: How Inequality Became Big Business Nelson D. Schwartz 2019 There has always been an upper class in America. ...
Dan Connors
Aug 3, 20206 min read
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Why do we accumulate and throw away so much shi* (stuff)
Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale by Adam Minter 2019 Why do Americans have to have so much stuff? Do we really need...
Dan Connors
Jul 26, 20206 min read
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Catalysts- why is change so difficult?
The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone's Mind by Jonah Berger 2020 This book makes a bold claim- how to change anyone's mind. With the...
Dan Connors
Jul 11, 20205 min read
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Teeth- is our dental care system rotten?
Teeth: Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America by Mary Otto 2017 Why is dental insurance separate from health...
Dan Connors
Jul 5, 20205 min read
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Mental health's secret weapon- magic mushrooms?
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and ...
Dan Connors
Jun 27, 20205 min read
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The Office- The best comedy of the 21st century so far?
The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History by Andy Greene 2020 Four of five stars **** Comedy...
Dan Connors
Jun 22, 20205 min read
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Scarcity- how it both motivates and makes you dumber.
Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir 2013 There are two extremes in life that...
Dan Connors
Jun 13, 20206 min read
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Woody Allen- comic genius or creepy old man?
Apropos of Nothing. Autobiography. by Woody Allen 2020 If you were around in the 1970's and 1980's. Woody Allen movies were an enormous...
Dan Connors
Jun 8, 20206 min read
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Are your abilities fixed or fixable? Mindset and the next wave of self-help thinking.
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck- updated edition 2016 It's a popular idea- just so hard to put into practice. The...
Dan Connors
May 30, 20205 min read
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Why do we sleep? What does a good night's sleep do for our brains, bodies, and spirits?
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, by Matthew Walker 2017 FIve of five stars ***** Matthew Walker, director of UC...
Dan Connors
May 27, 20206 min read
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What's the most important choice we make every day?
The Choice: Embrace the Possible , by Edith Eger 2017 Five of five stars ***** The gold standard for books about the holocaust has to...
Dan Connors
May 2, 20205 min read
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