"A post-antibiotic era. That’s how some of the world’s top health officials, including former CDC director Tom Frieden, describe the global threat of "A post-antibiotic era. That’s how some of the world’s top health officials, including former CDC director Tom Frieden, describe the global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). By 2050, one person could die from a superbug infection every three seconds, making AMR a more immediate threat to humankind than climate change."...more
This book is written by someone who identifies as an Israeli, who writes about his time in Israel....because of who I am and where I was raised, I seeThis book is written by someone who identifies as an Israeli, who writes about his time in Israel....because of who I am and where I was raised, I see myself belonging to the opposite side of the conflict, but I related to him, I am also a doctor, and I too believe that medical care should be available to everyone who needs it, regardless of their identity, I also feel heartbroken by the crisis in the middle East, I also feel disgusted by the pure hate and racism against innocent people. . As a young doctor, I also feel confused and undecided about my career, what exactly is my goal and where, I have also dealt with dying children, I too had similar theological questions, I related to many of his dilemmas, medical, ethical, religious and political, even the bureaucracy he hated so much, we have that too. . The beginning of the book was hard to read, he starts with describing Israel as his dream home, he travels to it and gets a national ID easily, my Palestinian friends and their parents can't do that, they can't go back to their cities and feel at home unlike him, an american, but as I read further it got easier, as he saw the other side and wrote honestly about it...he too was sometimes as angry as I was, as shocked as I was. . This book gave me a tour in Israel, it gave me an insight into the lives of Arabs there, the different types of Jews too, it gave me an insight into pediatric oncology and palliative care, it gave me a different vantage point into the Arab Israeli conflict, and last but not least, it gave me some hope, if more people on the other side had as much compassion as he did, as one Palestinian parent of his patient told him "Maybe things would be different then."...more
four stars for the book and added a fifth for Snowden, watched his movie a couple of years back and now this book, and i am obsessed with his story anfour stars for the book and added a fifth for Snowden, watched his movie a couple of years back and now this book, and i am obsessed with his story and more importantly overwhelmed by the facts he confirmed and revealed, the end of this book has a paragraph that will make u paranoid for a while though...but we forget, i don't know how but we do forget and move on despite our knowledge that we are that exposed and violated, maybe because it feels like there is nothing i can do about it considering where i am in the world, my much bigger shortages of freedom and my very limited knowledge of technology, much like how i know and ignore my mortality, but i am still grateful to know, even if it freaks me out, i know that some scientists somewhere are working on extending human longevity and improving the quality of our senior years, some technologists somewhere are working on encryption and giving us some autonomy over our data, but unlike mortality and old age issues, someone had to tell us first about mass surveillance, to give us evidence and convince us it's real and happening, for that gift of awareness we have to thank Snowden. ...more
hourly history books are great to read in-between dense books, very short and very informative, they can also serve as introductory books or save you hourly history books are great to read in-between dense books, very short and very informative, they can also serve as introductory books or save you from boredom in transportation or boring lectures. Da vinci is a fascinating character to me, i see him as the real life Dumbledore and it gives him a magical aura in my imagination :'D i enjoy anything i read about him....more
i work at at a tertiary hospital at the capitol of one of the world's most overpopulated developing countries, there are always too many poor patientsi work at at a tertiary hospital at the capitol of one of the world's most overpopulated developing countries, there are always too many poor patients and too little resources, the challenges we face to keep up with the high flow and the lack of facilities, the frustration of patients for having to wait too long for help, and the underpaid overworked doctors, plus the dangers for our own safety from infections and even physical assaults, all challenges that make us have zero time to think about the lives of patients and relatives outside the hospital, the lack of information about how their relative died and why, how they were treated and what happened to their biopsies or why these tests and tissues were being sampled in the first place. in a country where people have trust issues, and believe in black magic, such minor details before every procedure could save them a lifetime of agony, i didn't think about it before, but the book focuses on this point, how ignorance is painful to patients and their families, and why we should care a little more and try to inform them as a priority in addition to saving their lives....more
i listened to the audiobook and this is one of a few books that helped me while i was studying for my final exams in my senior year at med school, it i listened to the audiobook and this is one of a few books that helped me while i was studying for my final exams in my senior year at med school, it was funny when i needed cheering up, inspiring when i needed hope and it was very informing about a time period in a country i didn't know much about, after months of finishing it, i still remember the details and sometimes i find myself laughing at them or telling them to someone as i recommend them the book. the only negative was that the book did't follow a one directional linear timeline, it jumped between different periods with out a warning sometimes....more
For years now i've been delaying reading so many celebrated biographies by jews who survived hitler, i knew they would be too grim, but this one is a For years now i've been delaying reading so many celebrated biographies by jews who survived hitler, i knew they would be too grim, but this one is a comic so i thought it would be lighter And it was somehow, still it didn't underestimate what happened, it was brutal yet it sometimes made you smile, that's why the writer is so talented and deserving of the credit he got. I appreciate his honesty, he didn't hide the bad side of his father's character, an intelligent cautious man, a survivor, but also a racist cheap stubborn man. The bravery of the writer to portray his difficult relationship with his father was very impressive. ...more
taught me about Iranian history, and it broke my heart because these stories usually do, i relate to them too much, living where i am, and thinking thtaught me about Iranian history, and it broke my heart because these stories usually do, i relate to them too much, living where i am, and thinking the way i do, the contrast between the world i live in and the one i think i deserve as a woman in the 21st century is a source of great sorrow to me and people like me, i hate that i relate to her story even if mine was much less dramatic and easier, so far. ...more
The beginning of the book is a biography of marx, his life,education,family & death, that part was very interesting, at the end marx owned property, hThe beginning of the book is a biography of marx, his life,education,family & death, that part was very interesting, at the end marx owned property, he had a maid with whom he had a child, surprisingly marx wasn't a proletariat despite the financial hardships he faced.
The book then explores the inspiration of marx, mainly the philosophy of hegel, what it meant to be a Hegelian and to what extent it influenced marxism.
Then the economic theories of marx, his criticism of capitalism, his alternative, communism.
I find it ironic that he called early socialists utopians, considering his very optimistic view of human nature, he called himself scientific, Engels even compared his 'scientific' contribution to Darwin's!
No doubt marx was influential, but he was a utopian pseudoscientist who made many false predictions not to mention the communist societies that came after him, more like dystopias to me....more
“My belief is firm in a law of compensation. The true rewards are ever in proportion to the labour and sacrifices made”
I disagree with Tesla, a person“My belief is firm in a law of compensation. The true rewards are ever in proportion to the labour and sacrifices made”
I disagree with Tesla, a person can work harder than most,be a genuine genius, invent a ridiculous number of inventions that would eventually lead to the betterment of our lives and yet the majority of the world will be completely oblivious to his contributions and celebrate the likes of Thomas Edison for things he pretended to invent....more
Who'd be more expressive, the Dr who understands the pathophysiology or the patient who experienced the symptoms? Dr Jamison has a unique perspective Who'd be more expressive, the Dr who understands the pathophysiology or the patient who experienced the symptoms? Dr Jamison has a unique perspective being a psychiatrist and a manic depressive a.k.a bipolar patient, her memoir, bravery and writing skills allowed me to learn about mood disorders from different vantage points....more
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