Triage Method Newsletter - 03/11/2020
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In this week's newsletter, I share 5 book recommendations for this winter. I know lots of you are, like us, living in Ireland and currently under "lockdown" for [at least] the next month or so, so why not have something good to read in the mean time?
Additionally, as always, we have a number of recommended resources, as well as the content we shared on our social media this week.
Enjoy!
- Gary
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5 Books to Read This Winter
Genre: Health Sciences (Neuroscience, Biology, Behaviour)
Rationale: This book will give you an appreciation of the biological basis of humans at our best and worst. Neurobiology can be quite bland to learn on its own from an academic textbook, but Sapolsky does a great job of making it interesting and relatable to your life.
Genre: Exercise Science (Physiology, Endurance, Fatigue)
Rationale: This isn't the book for helping you build an endurance training programme, but it does give you a nice overview of the contributors and limits to endurance. I include this as a recommendation because there honestly aren't many great books on exercise, and I always find Hutchinson's writing to be very interesting (I have shared many of his articles as recommendations in the newsletter). He brings together lots of
bland scientific research in a compelling narrative that I think you will enjoy.
Genre: Dystopian Fiction (? Non-Fiction...)
Rationale: This is an incredibly relevant book for our time. Many of you have probably read it, or at least heard it referenced, and people often compare this book to George Orwell's 1984. If you read the two, I think you will find that we have already realised many elements of Huxley's Dystopia, so skip the soma today and get stuck into some reading.
Genre: History (Soviet Union, Totalitarianism)
Rationale: If you want a historical account that will prompt you to ask "What would I have done? What would I do if this happened now? How could I prevent this?", then this is for you. Solzhenitsyn illuminates the horrors of the Soviet system, the dangers of ideology and the suppression of truth, and makes you feel like this is something that could happen in your world today.
Genre: Randomness, Probability, Philosophy
Rationale: Taleb's writing has profoundly modified the way I look at the world. I would recommend reading the whole Incerto, but The Black Swan is a nice starting point, particularly for those interested in science and the question "how do we create knowledge?". If you want something shorter to start with, his most recent book Skin in the Game is shorter and is a nice insight into the way
that Taleb thinks.
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If you want to check out more of our recommended resources, visit the link below, where we have archived all recommendations from previous newsletters.
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Podcast Ep. 134 - Overcomplicated Answers & Solutions
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Podcast Q&A - Is Running Bad For Your Knees?
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Supplements for Sleep
by Paddy Farrell
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