Tag: reflection
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Humanity’s Hubris
Many of our world’s problems are caused or exacerbated by pride. There is often a stubbornness that makes people unwilling to listen before they’ve already decided or unwilling to concede because doing so feels like losing. I see it in friendships that fractured over a mistake someone was unwilling to apologize for. I see it…
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Objectivity is a beautiful lie
Think about the last time you heard a cover and liked it better than the original. Something in the reinterpretation unlocked the song. Maybe it had a slower tempo, riffs in new places, or grief where the original had swagger, and suddenly you can’t unhear it. Although written in black and white, the score was…
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A Doctor’s Solemn Oath: What it means to ‘Do No Harm’
From cover to cover, Henry Marsh’s Do No Harm offers a raw look into the life of a neurosurgeon. This memoir gripped me, as both a reader and aspiring physician. It changed how I view doctors, the healthcare system, and the brain itself. Marsh writes with brutal honesty about tragic mishaps, the crippling guilt surgeons…