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I had something important to say about this great book, but I keep getting distracted....
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention- and How to Think Deeply Again Johann Hari 2022 Do you ever start something and find yourself...
Dan Connors
Aug 11, 20229 min read


A time machine to the future? It's all in your head and could save your life.
Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything―Even Things that Seem Impossible Today Jane McGonigal 2022 Let's...
Dan Connors
Aug 3, 20226 min read


Can you scientifically measure Love?
Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection Stephanie Cacioppo 2022 Is the...
Dan Connors
Jul 31, 20224 min read


Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy
Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy Judd Apatow 2014 Judd Apatow is amazing to me for three reasons: 1- He wrote or...
Dan Connors
Jul 28, 20223 min read


The Webb Telescope and three reasons for awe, wonder, and hope
Sifting through the depressing fire hose that is today's news cycle, once in a while you come up with a gem that makes it all seem...
Dan Connors
Jul 18, 20223 min read


The Power of Fun- How to feel alive again
The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again Catherine Price 2021 “If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong.” ― Groucho...
Dan Connors
Jul 14, 20227 min read


Covid positive
Like most people, I spent most of 2020 hiding from the Covid virus. This virus was the deadliest thing to emerge in my lifetime, and...
Dan Connors
Jul 6, 20224 min read


Jesus and John Wayne- symbols for the Evangelical Christian protection racket?
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Kristin Kobes Du Mez 2020 If Jesus were alive...
Dan Connors
Jun 29, 20226 min read


Cues- Don't forget the importance of BODY language
Cues: Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication Vanessa Van Edwards 2022 In Disney's The Little Mermaid, sea witch Ursula...
Dan Connors
Jun 26, 20224 min read


Get Smart- Would you believe a show could last five seasons with just a few stupid recurring jokes?
The 1950s and 1960s were the height of the cold war, and spy thrillers were extremely popular during that period. James Bond movies were...
Dan Connors
Jun 25, 20223 min read


Philosophy 101 from the creator of The Good Place
How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question Michael Schur 2022 One of my favorite classes in college was...
Dan Connors
Jun 6, 20224 min read


Pain or Pleasure- which gives us the most meaning and happiness in life?
The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning Paul Bloom 2021 Can you have too much pleasure in life? Does a...
Dan Connors
May 31, 20224 min read


Saturday Night Live- The last water-cooler television show
When television first went nationwide in the 1940's, there were only three networks and the shows that were broadcast became a part of...
Dan Connors
May 21, 20224 min read


Look for the helpers. Better yet, be one.
The Helpers: Profiles from the Front Lines of the Pandemic Kathy Gilsinan 2022 “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the...
Dan Connors
May 11, 20224 min read


Think outside your brain- how to recapture 99% of your mental potential.
The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain Annie Murphy Paul 2021 There is a commonly held belief that humans only...
Dan Connors
May 10, 20226 min read


Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future Elizabeth Kolbert 2021 The topic of climate change tends to bring on two responses-...
Dan Connors
Apr 30, 20224 min read


Dopamine Nation- Finding Balance in an Age of Indulgence
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence Anna Lembke 2021 We all like to think that we have free will and all of our...
Dan Connors
Apr 24, 20224 min read


The Power of Regrets- find happiness by doing the opposite of what you most regret.
The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward Daniel H. Pink 2022 We've all done things in life that we'd rather not...
Dan Connors
Apr 23, 20227 min read


We are all Archie Bunker- how one tv character exposed America in all its contradictions.
The 1960's were one of the most turbulent and consequential decades in American history, but you'd never know it from the pop culture of...
Dan Connors
Apr 22, 20228 min read


Emotions- do you control them, or do they control you? Here's a look at 87 of them...
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience Brené Brown 2022 What's the purpose of having...
Dan Connors
Mar 27, 20227 min read
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