Being Mortal - Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End

I read this book soon after ‘Outlive’ by Peter Attia, and there could not have been a bigger contrast. Not in a negative way. One book tells you how to prolong your life and improve the quality of life as you age; the other reminds you that there is no escaping the end.

While Peter Attia beautifully explains how your body works and how you can prolong your life with proper monitoring, exercise, good eating habits, sleep, and mental health, Atul Gawande reminds you that no matter what you do, life has a finite end. He emphasizes why it is important to accept this fact and prepare yourself, not just for your own end, but also for that of your loved ones.

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Design for a Better World - Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered

It is hard to write a book that tries to inform people to change, to move away from the convenience of wastage and being environmentally unfriendly. A great attempt, albeit very tiring to read. It’s as if he just got up one day and decided to actually listen to the fuss being made about climate change, waste production, and more. Then it dawned upon him that it is making sense, and he should actually join in and say something about it too. But not for the sake of it. He has done a lot of reading and research and his passionate plea for change resonates throughout the book, urging readers to take responsibility for design choices and to create a more sustainable future.

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