Anemia
Unfortunately, this was not the first time my iron was too low to give blood.
I went home to read about anemia online and plan how to improve my diet.
It turns out that my habits and choices are a perfect storm for anemia.
Blog Posts
Your Money Or Your Life
Your Money Or Your Life is a cornerstone of the personal finance genre despite its atrocious title. It was written in 1992 and has influenced millions of people since.
It gives a 9-step process so readers can focus on distinct elements of their financial life independently from one another.
Building A Second Brain
Our biological brains are masters of creative thinking. They detect patterns and create links between seemingly unrelated topics. However, they aren’t so good at storing large amounts of information.
Forte advances the idea that just as we can improve the physical capacities of our bodies with tools, we can also create tools to increase the storage capacity of our brains.
Essentially, we can build a second brain.
Eating Animals
Why should a horny man have less right to rape an animal than a hungry person to kill one and eat it? It’s easy to dismiss this question, but very hard to answer.
A Man Called Ove
A Man Called Ove is about a grumpy old man (he’s not really that old) surpassed by time and the society around him. He is a misfit and always has been. His constant grumping, stubbornness, and antagonist behavior make you wonder why you are sympathisizing with him. But indeed, it is impossible not to.
Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know
Not only does civil resistance work, but it is more than twice as effective as violent resistance!
As a non-academic, I find Chenoweth’s Civil Resistance highly accessible. Not only that, it is inspiring.
Earlier this year, I got tear-gassed at a largely peaceful protest. And last month, France erupted into riots because police killed an unarmed 17 boy of North African extraction.
Chenoweth might be an academic, but what she studies is not restricted to the Ivory Tower.
An Autobiography of My Experiments of Truth
What stands out from the book are Gandhi’s guiding principles rather than his particular causes.
For example, it is impossible to separate Gandhi from his humility, aversion to injustice, simplicity, or quirks.
Cook’s First Voyage Round the World
Despite Cook’s rigor in minimizing scurvy amongst his crew, his sailors dropped like flies after catching Dysentery and Malaria in Batavia. It was a time without modern medicine when something easily prevented or treated today could be fatal.
American Sirens
American Sirens is about Freedom House, a Black ambulance service from Pittsburgh that set worldwide Emergency Medical Services (EMS) standards and revolutionized pre-hospital care. It also describes Freedom House’s eventual collapse in the face of overwhelming racism.