I enjoyed reading The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger in part because of the sheer novelty of the research and the argument. The book presents fresh insights into how plants communicate, adapt, and thrive in ways that often go unnoticed. […]
Peter Attia’s book Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity (Amazon link) came out right before I did a 3-day fast during summer 2023. One of my friends dropped out of the fast because they read in the book that […]
In 1-2 sentences, what is the book about as a whole? People want to develop the social skills that lead to others acting charitably and agreeably toward them, but they are not taught in schools. This book compiles a set […]
I read somewhere that writing summaries is more important than reading books. So I decided to take that author’s advice, and also his template. I recently finished reading The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World by David […]
Author: Ben Horowitz “Your culture is how your company makes decisions when you’re not there.” Ben Horowitz is the best kind of “weird guy.” His father, David Horowitz, is a well-known conservative writer. Ben, meanwhile, opens chapters and essays with […]
Author: Annie Duke Despite her World Series of Poker-winning bona fides, Annie Duke wants you to know her book, Thinking in Bets, isn’t a poker book. So much so, “Why This Isn’t a Poker Book” is the first chapter title. […]
Author: Thomas Hager Before a drug can change the world, it must be discovered. Ten Drugs tells stories of these fateful discoveries. Taken together, they paint a picture of humanity’s long and complicated relationship with drugs. We often hear polarized […]
“He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt.” – Joseph Heller, Catch 22 What if we treated aging as a disease? Already you can imagine the controversy. It would feel wrong to call granny sick just because […]
Human digestion is a sticky, complex subject. Even in previous reading on the gut microbiome, I didn’t know how digestion actually worked. Reading Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ by Giulia Enders helped fill in some […]
Author: Kelly McGonigal Kelly McGonigal preached the danger of stress to anyone who would listen. For many years. She was a health psychologist working to translate science into practical strategies for everyday life. In 2012 she abruptly changed her mind. […]