I recall being so surprised when a psychologist named Daniel Kahneman received a Nobel prize for his research on decision-making. It made me really curious as to why decision-making would attract the attention of the Nobel committee. Then I saw that Michael Lewis (whose writing style is ALWAYS so compelling!) had written about Kahneman and his friend Amos Tversky......so I had to buy that book. I enjoyed it, and I learned from it.
'Michael Lewis could spin gold out of any topic he chose ... his best work ... vivid, original and hard to forget' Tim Harford, Financial Times
'Gripping ... There is war, heroism, genius, love, loss, discovery, enduring loyalty and friendship. It is epic stuff ... Michael Lewis is one of the best non-fiction writers of our time' Irish Times
From Michael Lewis, No.1 bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, this is the extraordinary story of the two men whose ideas changed the world.
Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky met in war-torn 1960s Israel. Both were gifted young…
The title, of course, is a real grabber! And it turns out, Dara Horn is an amazing scholar who proves her point. It was an entirely new perspective for me......and this was before the Israeli catastrophe of Oct 7, 2023. But the lessons I learned from this book have helped me continue to see why the current 2024 surge in antisemitism is happening. This is a really important book, no matter what your own religion happens to be.
Renowned and beloved as a prizewinning novelist, Dara Horn has also been publishing penetrating essays since she was a teenager. Often asked by major publications to write on subjects related to Jewish culture-and increasingly in response to a recent wave of deadly antisemitic attacks-Horn was troubled to realise what all of these assignments had in common: she was being asked to write about dead Jews, never about living ones. In these essays, Horn reflects on subjects as far-flung as the international veneration of Anne Frank, the mythology that Jewish family names were changed at Ellis Island, the blockbuster travelling exhibition…
I haven't even finished this book, because I keep returning to some of the material in the beginning -- to read and think about some more. The sub-sub title says it best: RETHINKING MEDICINE.......and that new perspective is not relevant ONLY to longevity. There is a lot of interesting information in this book that is relevant to overall human health.
For all its successes, mainstream medicine has failed to make much progress against the diseases of ageing that kill most people: heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and type 2 diabetes. Too often, it intervenes with treatments too late, prolonging lifespan at the expense of quality of life. Dr Peter Attia, the world's top longevity expert, believes we must replace this outdated framework with a personalised, proactive strategy for longevity.
This isn't 'biohacking,' it's science: a well-founded strategic approach to extending lifespan while improving our physical, cognitive and emotional health, making each decade better…
This book, co-written with Professor Julia J Rucklidge, teaches us all WHY what we consume is so very important. It is written by two scientists (who have contributed significantly to the research on nutrition and brain health), and it is written for the general public. There are lots of stories and anecdotes, as well as an overview of the critical research from the last 25 years.
