Deaths of Despair
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism Anne Case, Angus Deaton 2020 What exactly are "deaths of despair", and why has this...
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Dan Connors
- May 18, 2021
- 6 min
George Carlin, RIP
Last Words George Carlin with Tony Hendra, 2009 Every year I make a point to read a book about a famous comedian, and for 2021 that...
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Dan Connors
- May 8, 2021
- 8 min
Bill Gates on Climate Change
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need Bill Gates, 2021 Billionaires are running our world,...
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Dan Connors
- May 2, 2021
- 5 min
Refugees, genocide, and human rights. What should be done? What can be done?
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir Samantha Power 2019 What is America's place in the world? Does our exceptionalism give us a...
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Dan Connors
- Apr 20, 2021
- 4 min
What have we learned from Covid-19?
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World Fareed Zakaria 2020 The Covid-19 epidemic may well turn out to be a transformational event for...
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Dan Connors
- Apr 17, 2021
- 7 min
Think you know it all, eh? Think again bucko!
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know Adam Grant 2021 How do we know what we know? Can we be...
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Dan Connors
- Apr 14, 2021
- 4 min
White men- Heroes or entitled mediocrities?
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America Ijeoma Oluo 2020 We like to think that in some important way that the world...
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Dan Connors
- Apr 11, 2021
- 4 min
Dopamine- the spark of creativity and addiction
The Molecule of More: How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity--and Will Determine the Fate of the Human...
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Dan Connors
- Mar 21, 2021
- 6 min
McDonald's, Amazon or Convergys- are today's employers stressing us out?
On the Clock: What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane Emily Guendelsberger 2019 How does your job treat you these...
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Dan Connors
- Mar 7, 2021
- 7 min
Caste- The cruelest pyramid scheme
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Isabel Wilkerson 2020 There are three glaring examples in history of castes that divided nations-...
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Dan Connors
- Feb 20, 2021
- 6 min
The Upswing- Are we finally nearing the bottom of a century -long historical cycle?
The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again Robert Putnam 2020 “All of history, a great wheel,...
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Dan Connors
- Feb 15, 2021
- 5 min
The Future We Choose?
The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac 2020 For all of history, mankind has seemed...
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Dan Connors
- Feb 14, 2021
- 7 min
May 1940- When the whole world went mad and one man stood up to inspired us all.
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz Erik Larson 2020 On May 10,1940 Winston Churchill...
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Dan Connors
- Jan 31, 2021
- 5 min
Post Corona- How will our world change?
Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity Scott Galloway 2020 Our world has been changing rapidly for decades...
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Dan Connors
- Jan 26, 2021
- 7 min
30 Hours with Obama- A Promised Land Reviewed.
A Promised Land- (Presidential Memoirs part I) Barack Obama 2020 Generally I tend to shy away from autobiographies, because I see...
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Dan Connors
- Jan 22, 2021
- 4 min
Money- the key to happiness or the treadmill of misery?
The Psychology of Money- Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness Morgan Housel 2020 Money is one of the most important things...
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Dan Connors
- Jan 16, 2021
- 4 min
Is Love the Way? Essays from America's Pope
Love Is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times Bishop Michael Curry, Sara Grace As a religious skeptic, I tend to look at...
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Dan Connors
- Jan 10, 2021
- 5 min
Subliminal - An entire world that both saves us and deceives us
Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior Leonard Mlodinow 2012 Look at the tasty photo above. In addition to selling...
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Dan Connors
- Dec 28, 2020
- 5 min
How to not be an emotional moron. What quadrant are you in right now?
Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive Mark Brackett 2019 Are emotions...
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Dan Connors
- Dec 22, 2020
- 7 min
Beating the Loneliness Epidemic- straight from the US Surgeon General
Together: Why Social Connection Holds the Key to Better Health, Higher Performance, and Greater Happiness Vivek Murthy, 2020 Loneliness...
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