Mike

Former MAGA, Now Mildly Enlightened

Revisado: 03-29-25

I picked up The Echo Machine thinking it was about car mufflers or maybe some kind of Elon Musk invention. Next thing I know, I’m questioning why I ever thought Bill Gates wanted to Bluetooth me through my sandwich.

David Pakman came at me with facts, logic, and just enough sarcasm to confuse my inner Facebook uncle. Halfway through, I took off my red hat—not as a political statement, but because I was sweating from the existential crisis.

By the end, I had deleted eight memes, apologized to a barista, and admitted that maybe—just maybe—George Soros isn’t hiding under my bed. This book is like getting hit in the face with a newspaper… but in a good way. Thanks, David. You broke the echo, and now I only yell at half the news.

Five stars. Would recommend to any cousin who still starts sentences with “I’m not racist, but…”

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Fasted States of Reality

Revisado: 01-31-21

Fasting is a tool that applies to more than just food. Dave gives the best delivery to the largest audience yet - introspection squared.

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Its all worksouts

Revisado: 01-26-21

I'm a biostatistician that focuses on healthy aging. This book encapsulates my current beliefs on exercise better than I could have described myself.

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Ben Greenfield does the research for you

Revisado: 08-18-20

Ben delivers a well thought out way to approach health. His intellectual curiosity allows him to explore the edge of heath and wellness. As a world class athlete transitions to the leading inversion journalist of our time, Ben presents knowledge to his readers with the care of a first day personal trainer and his well-financed suburban housewife.

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Saladino defends meateaters with zest

Revisado: 08-18-20

A good defense of the carnivore diet with caveats for degrees of engagement. He argued for regenerative agriculture as our best strategy for the climate crisis. Saladino delivers with the confidence of a seasoned hunter. He argues that the weakness of epidemiological evidence against meat consumption is confounded by healthy user bias and poor glycine/fat balance associated with SAD meat intake. I'm now eating liverwurst with salmon roe, adding heart to my chili, and trying to convince my asthmatic child to eat kidney. Better luck just buying the desiccated organs from heart and soil.

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Shut your mouth and raise your CO2 tolerance.

Revisado: 06-16-20

Convincing arguments for improving oral health and immune system, lowering anxiety/asthma symptoms, and looking beautiful.

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What have we forgotten that our ancestors knew?

Revisado: 03-11-19

I'm going to give Wim Hof's app a try. I will already started cold therapy. My health has improved.

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Material is spot on.

Revisado: 07-03-18

I like how the Emmerich's put keto dieting together with synergistic lifestyle options. Always improving.

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Life changing.

Revisado: 01-10-17

I first heard this audiobook around the Christmas of 2016. I just finished this book for the third time. I weighed 235 then. Now, in October of 2017, I am 2 no I mean 194 lbs. As a 43 year old male, I had never weighed less than 210 lbs. I take no medications and I have no disease or dysfunction. High testosterone was a bonus.

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Delayed gratification made easy.

Revisado: 10-21-14

What did you love best about The Marshmallow Test?

My wife and I were completely engrossed in Alan Alda's voice for hours while on a late night road trip. My wife is a kindergarten teacher. I'm in a Master of Science in Biostatistics. We have two daughters ages 6 and 8. This book hit us in three ways: occupation, parental, and self-reflection.

Would you recommend The Marshmallow Test to your friends? Why or why not?

Delayed gratification is a tough sell. We all know its there but rarely choose it. This book gives some good strategies for denying a little today to pay off huge tomorrow.

Have you listened to any of Alan Alda’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No

What insight do you think you’ll apply from The Marshmallow Test?

I recognize my hot and cool reflexes better. I try to develop my cool thoughts by connecting my hot reactions to them.

Any additional comments?

The book does seem to repeat itself. Sometimes you need that to reflect on what was said anyways.

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