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The Undying: pain, vulnerability, mortality, medicine, art, time, dreams, data, exhaustion, cancer, and care

A sharp, personal look at breast cancer and the politics surrounding it.

Posted byCarlenJuly 27, 2025July 27, 2025Posted inArchives, Memoir & Poetry

Pithy Summary – Bulletin #47

The Non-fiction Feature: The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Memoir Spot: The Undying by Anne Boyer
The Product Spot: Cancer screening tests

Posted byCarlenJuly 27, 2025July 27, 2025Posted inArchives, Bulletins

Cancer screening tests

Cancer screening tests aim to find cancer when it may be easier to treat successfully.

Posted byCarlenJuly 27, 2025July 27, 2025Posted inArchives, Products

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Tracing cancer’s evolution throughout history and through the body.

Posted byCarlenJuly 27, 2025September 23, 2025Posted inArchives, Non-fiction

Pithy Summary – Bulletin #46

The Non-fiction Feature: When McKinsey Comes to Town by Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe
The Memoir Spot: The Management Myth by Matthew Stewart
The Product Spot: ProPublica – McKinsey’s Rules

Posted byCarlenJune 9, 2025June 9, 2025Posted inArchives, Bulletins

ProPublica – McKinsey’s Rules

ProPublica’s series of investigative reporting on McKinsey’s secrets.

Posted byCarlenJune 9, 2025June 9, 2025Posted inArchives, Products

The Management Myth: Debunking Modern Business Philosophy

A fascinating look into the history of management, why management theory is pseudoscience, and why we are wrong to cling to it so desperately.

Posted byCarlenJune 9, 2025June 9, 2025Posted inArchives, Memoir & Poetry

When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm

How the powerful and secretive consulting company, McKinsey, has influenced huge companies and government entities around the world.

Posted byCarlenJune 9, 2025June 9, 2025Posted inArchives, Non-fiction

Pithy Summary – Bulletin #45

The Non-fiction Feature: Naked Statistics by Charles Wheelan
The Children’s Spot: The Cartoon Guide to Statistics by Larry Gonick & Woollcott Smith
The Product Spot: Khan Academy

Posted byCarlenMay 2, 2025May 2, 2025Posted inArchives, Bulletins

Khan Academy

A super helpful free resource for learning the basics of almost any subject you can think of.

Posted byCarlenMay 2, 2025May 2, 2025Posted inArchives, Products

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