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Can we solve problems BEFORE they happen?
Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath 2020 What if we could travel back in time and stop disasters to...
Dan Connors
Apr 22, 20208 min read
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Are you listening? How to beat loneliness with one key skill.
You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters by Kate Murphy, 2020 Five of five stars ***** We live in a world that offers...
Dan Connors
Apr 11, 20205 min read
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How does exercise help us? Physically, mentally, socially, or spiritually?
The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage by Kelly McGonigal, 2019 Four of five stars ****...
Dan Connors
Mar 28, 20204 min read
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Why are so many struggling so much? How can we help them? The best book on American poverty today.
Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn, 2020 Five of five stars***** It's a mystery. With the...
Dan Connors
Mar 24, 20207 min read
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How can we be more creative? Does it matter?
Creative Calling: Establish a Daily Practice, Infuse Your World with Meaning, and Succeed in Work + Life, By Chase Jarvis. 2019 Four of...
Dan Connors
Mar 22, 20204 min read
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Why are we so polarized?
Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein, 2020 4 of 5 stars **** Have you ever wondered how we got to this point as a nation? Where two...
Dan Connors
Mar 15, 20205 min read
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Can you trust strangers? How and when?
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell 2019 Four of five stars **** Malcolm Gladwell...
Dan Connors
Mar 1, 20204 min read
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To recycle or to dump, that is the question.
Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade by Adam Minter 2013 Five of five stars ***** Where do the millions of tons...
Dan Connors
Feb 16, 20204 min read
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The metaphysics of the Brady Bunch
The Way We All Became The Brady Bunch: How the Canceled Sitcom Became the Beloved Pop Culture Icon We Are Still Talking About Today by...
Dan Connors
Jan 31, 20205 min read
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What causes racial bias? Should we fight it or ignore it?
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt 5 stars ***** Having grown up...
Dan Connors
Jan 28, 20204 min read
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Can you be funny, sexy, and spiritual all at the same time?
Comedy Sex God by Pete Holmes 2019 Four of five stars **** " Whenever I make a blasphemous joke, I always say that I believe in a God big...
Dan Connors
Jan 23, 20203 min read
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Is big technology evil?
Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us by Rana Foroohar **** Four of five stars Google, now one of...
Dan Connors
Jan 17, 20206 min read
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How can silence help us? A new book tries to cut through the noise.
Stillness Is the Key - Review by Ryan Holiday 2019 Four of five stars **** We live in a noisy world that would rather we don't think...
Dan Connors
Jan 14, 20203 min read
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How can we become more resilient?
Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness by Rick Hanson 2018 *** 3 of five stars Why is it that...
Dan Connors
Jan 4, 20203 min read
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Super Attractor: Methods for Manifesting a Life beyond Your Wildest Dreams- Book review
Super Attractor: Methods for Manifesting a Life beyond Your Wildest Dreams by Gabrielle Bernstein I chose this book initially because...
Dan Connors
Dec 17, 20193 min read
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Range- Why generalists triumph in a specialized world- Book review
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein 2019 **** Four of five stars In many ways, specialists rule our...
Dan Connors
Dec 12, 20193 min read
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Unfu*k Yourself- Book review
Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life by Gary John Bishop 2016 This book is a short jolt of energy that is well...
Dan Connors
Dec 5, 20193 min read
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Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To- Book Review
Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To by David A. Sinclair 2019 Five of five stars ***** How would you feel about living an...
Dan Connors
Nov 27, 20195 min read
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This is not propaganda- book review
This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality by Peter Pomerantsev 2019 Lies, especially lies meant to change public...
Dan Connors
Nov 16, 20193 min read
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OK Boomer- a Generation of Sociopaths?
Complaining about the younger generation is a natural part of becoming old. People have been doing it for centuries. Senior citizens...
Dan Connors
Nov 12, 20193 min read
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