Book Review: Surviving Survival by Laurence Gonzalez
Several years ago, I read Gonzalez’ Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why. I thought it had so much to say that I even used it as a case study in seminars. In that book, Gonzalez examines why, in very similar circumstances – sometimes identical – some people make it through, and some people don’t. From…Read More
Book Review: Diminishing Return by Joseph D. Newcomer
Newcomer’s latest is not a good book, it’s a great one. It’s the first book in quite a while that made me truly think. It made me think about life, death, love, friendship, the general dumbing-down of public discourse and entertainment, the occasional, apparent, futility of existence. Pretty heady stuff for a relatively short (205…Read More