Choke

by Sian Beilock

 

 

It's a good book. Unfortunately, much of the material is covered in Outliers & The Emotional Life of Your Brain. Still, it draws it's own unique conclusions.

Doing Capitalism In the Innovation Economy

by William H. Janeway

 

I had a very hard time focusing on this bug. Not that it's a bad book. It's very dense. Janeway is a very smart man who has been through some amazing times. Unfortunatly, this book is more like a text book than any thing else.

 

For my own good, I probably want to go back and reread this sometime. For right now, I want to remember... that Janeway faults many companies for spending too much time and money developing technology, and not enough finding customers with problems they are willing to spend  money to solve.

 

My father is farmer. When I told him about our sick cat, of course he had a very simple solution-- a shovel. He is strongly against spending hundreds of dollars on an animal that will die in a few years anyways. Let the end of her life come quick and painlessly. Don't drag it out.

 

The cat isn't getting better or worse. She just sits there. She tolerates the force feedings. Then she stares out to the road. Sometimes she responds when we pet here. But mostly she ignores us.