Wiedemer Words: consciousness

Friday, June 27, 2008

Inspiration From the World of Neurology

Many of you have probably already heard of Jill Bolte Taylor. She is a neuro-scientist who had a stroke and studied her own experience to better understand the workings of the brain. She has recently released a new book about her experience entitled:
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey. She is an eloquent speaker and has a message for humanity about consciousness and choice. Please watch her 18 minute TED lecture here. It is one of the most fascinating and inspiring talks I have ever witnessed.

Erin's bookshelf: read

Nomad

by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Nomad is a follow-up to Ali's previous work, Infidel. It is her memoir about her struggles to become socialized in the Western world and a citizen first of Holland and later of the United States. She delineates the core difficulties for Mus...

Tracking Desire: A Journey After Swallow-Tailed Kites

by Susan Cerulean

This is a great book for anyone who has a love for Swallow Tailed Kites, or who has felt a deep desire to communicate with an animal. Cerulean's journey was interesting and informative for bird enthusiasts, however, she also seemed to be wo...

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

by Michael Pollan

It seems that In Defense of Food is Michael Pollan’s response to the findings of his previous book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Pollan’s study of the industrial food system is thorough and his findings are alarming, but what is a consumer...

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

by Michael Pollan

This book will change your experience of going to the grocery store forever. I can't now un-know the things that this book taught me, so I may never again be able to eat processed food, but I feel that I am capable of making more informed,...