Medicine When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi — Book Summary and Notes One day he was a doctor treating patients, and the next he was a patient himself, struggling to live. Just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined, evaporated.
Paid-members only Medicine Being Mortal by Atul Gawande — Book Summary and Notes Medicine has prevailed in modern times, making birth, injury, and infectious disease less traumatic. However, as Gawande observed in his medical career, the goals of medicine seem to frequently contradict the interests of the human spirit.
Psychology Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker — Book Summary and Notes When did life start sleeping? What if sleep is so helpful that the real question is: Why did life ever bother to wake up?
Psychology Aphantasia: What It's Like to Have a Blind Mind Have you ever had an imaginary friend? I did not and it certainly was not from the lack of trying. I could not visualize one, nor anything else—and I am not the only one who cannot. These people have Aphantasia, a rare mental condition where people cannot voluntarily visualize
Medicine Is Depression Genetic or Environmental? It can be tough to watch a close family member suffer from depression. Does that indicate that you will also experience the same distress? Depression is heritable. Half of the time, the causes of depression are genetic; other times, the reasons are psychological and physical factors. The most typical form
