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Words for a Meatgrinder

Revisado: 06-09-23

Gain:
> Wanting to Live has a biological foundation (not just a psychological, social, or spiritual one). The biological foundation, is usually, sufficient.
> Study the works of people who have studied the Art of Living (Being) and try to get at its sincerity.
> The language of positive existence is so polluted by attempts to use our want for positive existence to the extent that it is hard to talk about it without emotional context.

Con:
> I want more exploration of what Fromm meant by the mode of Being and less description of the various manifestations of the mode of Having.

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Very Thought-Provoking Read for Care Providers

Revisado: 06-06-23

Largest drawback is that Mate's case for disease personalities - that there are specific psychological profiles linked to specific diseases seems like a very dated and dangerous concept. I personally feel that, considering it's (a.) danger (b.) deviation from mainstream conception of disease, it requires _even_ more justification than what I felt was an appeal to authority and claimed experience. Empirical evidence showing that stress, maladaptive coping, and low mood undermines health is not enough to justify the concept of disease personalities (e.g. a "cancer personality").

Aside from that, the philosophy of emotion in this book is excellent, and Mate makes a persuasive model for how healthy and unhealthy self-conceptualisation presents and develops. I'm going to remember his exploration of anger and adaptive vs maladaptive expression of anger for a lifetime. The characterisation of healthy anger as a stilling, feeling, and focusing force, where unhealthy anger is underlined by suppression and anxiety is excellent.

Because of Mate, I now have a lot more respect for "new age" medicine now, and will probably approach it more strategically. The idea of aura as a metaphor accessible to the layperson for self-identity extending beyond the skin is on point, and fits what I've seen in person as well. Despite my grievances, strongly recommend reading Mate (critically!).

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Purged some stuff :)

Revisado: 05-30-23

Made me clean my workspace
Fun and lighthearted approach to organising
Despite what the author thinks, the landing strip idea she explains is new to me and immediately implemented
If an organising strategy works for nursery children, it (mostly) also works for me

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The PDF summary is worth the audiobook

Revisado: 05-28-23

The body of text is to persuade you that the ideas are commonsensical, to persuade you to adopt them. I'm pretty sold already.

The ideas themselves are adequately represented by the summary pdf. It's going to take some work to link the models and system traps back to real life though!

Love the concept: The most important flows are the ones limiting the function of the state. Worth the entire book.

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Subtle and Complex Lives

Revisado: 05-27-23

Key Takeaways
1) In practice, doing good is a socially, emotionally, and philosophically complex task.
2) Strong religious faith does not simplify moral problems the way I imagined it to.
3) Rather, the difficulty of living humanistically seems to scale with how seriously one considers humanism.
4) There's always something more one can do in pursuit of a particular path. Not just lateral transfer (from A to A'), but also to new projects and dimensions (from A ->AB or A ->AB')
5) One can live a fulfilling life according to one's own principles while rejecting the principles of society. It involves a lot of hidden sacrifice that may not be appreciated from the outside view.

I will probably remember the messages from this book, but the book itself is not particularly memorable. The rationale for this book in the introduction is rather insightful.

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Straightforward

Revisado: 05-24-23

- Scout mindset = Analogy for an attitude concerned with understanding and navigating what is real

- Soldier Mindset= Analogy for an attitude concerned with defending and validating what is psychosocial

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Also Educational for Non-Care Givers

Revisado: 05-05-23

Outlines very important medical knowledge in laymen terms. Useful for medical professionals as reference for role of caregivers, and understanding of caregiver stress/burden/bereavement. Possible use as a reference for empathetic laymen language, as a last resort.

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takes a while to complete argument

Revisado: 01-21-23

frames diagnosis and management as bayescraft: prior, bias, and uncertainty. remittent girl with leukemia treated with IL-6 particularly memorable. local teaching hospital's "invincible man" teaches students by risking patients is an interesting way to start a book. medical nihilism is an interesting frame: recognizing futility and focus on not meddling as a contributory step to medicine as science.

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values of healthcare through history

Revisado: 12-26-22

felt like food
cases of history of surgery amazing
internal medicine poorly represented.
Loved Vesalius
very america centric

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