Author: modernlifeninja

Here is another highlights post from me. This time highlights are from When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi and Abraham Verghese.   Page 31 Literature not only illuminated another’s experience, it provided, I believed, the richest material for moral reflection.   Page 39 A word meant something only between people, and life’s meaning, its virtue, had something to do with the depth of the relationships we form.   Page 39 It was the relational aspect of humans—i.e., “human relationality”—that undergirded meaning.   Page 101 He paused. “Paul,” he said, “do you think my life has meaning? Did I make the right choices?” It was stunning: even someone I considered a moral exemplar had these questions in the face of mortality.   Page 114 Our patients’ lives and identities may…

For a while, I had this idea about creating a “my highlights from a book” post. I thought it would be nice to just share highlights instead of writing a review in my own words to tell you what I got from a book. I was reading Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters, and halfway through I thought this book is a good candidate for a highlights post. I was planning to type highlights one by one, but looks like there is a better way if you have a Kindle. Apparently, Kindle can email you your highlights and notes from a specific book. You get a nice PDF to print, and an Excel file to play around with. Anyways, since this PDF is probably better than what…