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...
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Dan Connors
- Aug 8
- 3 min
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...
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Dan Connors
- Aug 1
- 3 min
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,...
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Dan Connors
- Jul 19
- 4 min
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...
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Dan Connors
- Jul 3
- 4 min
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...
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Dan Connors
- Jun 25
- 4 min
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...
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Dan Connors
- Jun 14
- 8 min
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...
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Dan Connors
- May 29
- 4 min
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...
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Dan Connors
- May 18
- 5 min
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...
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Dan Connors
- May 10
- 4 min
How engineers make everything
The Things We Make: The Unknown History of Invention from Cathedrals to Soda Cans Bill Hammack 2023 Where did microwave...
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Dan Connors
- May 5
- 5 min
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...
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Dan Connors
- Apr 29
- 6 min
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 ...
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Dan Connors
- Apr 9
- 7 min
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 ...
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Dan Connors
- Mar 12
- 4 min
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...
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Dan Connors
- Feb 11
- 6 min
Is Life Really a Beach? If so, our beaches may be dying
The Last Resort: A Chronicle of Paradise, Profit, and Peril at the Beach Sarah Stodola 2022 "If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has...
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Dan Connors
- Feb 5
- 6 min
Phasers on Stun- The Ultimate Star Trek Book
Phasers on Stun!: How the Making (and Remaking) of Star Trek Changed the World Ryan Britt 2022 "The power of Star Trek is that it...
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Dan Connors
- Jan 28
- 4 min
The Lighthouse Effect
The Lighthouse Effect: How Ordinary People Can Have an Extraordinary Impact in the World Steve Pemberton 2021 “I feel that we’re...
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Dan Connors
- Jan 19
- 6 min
Recap- 38 Books of 2022 that made me think and wonder
“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest (people) of the past centuries.” - Descartes A big focus of this blog...
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Dan Connors
- Jan 16
- 5 min
The four scariest words in the English language
Let's Talk About Hard Things Anna Sale 2021 "When we avoid difficult conversations, we trade short-term discomfort into long-term...
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Dan Connors
- Jan 12
- 5 min
From Strength to Strength- finding wisdom and happiness in the third act of life
From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life Arthur C. Brooks 2022 “Devote the...
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