Aging, Regrets, and Behavior Change
After my advisor died suddenly during my hospice volunteer training one summer, I came to a profound realization: death is a definitive transition point. You […]
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Transitions: Why We Change Jobs
Research from Gallup suggests that doing what we do best is essential to a good fit in an organization. It’s one of five factors; the others […]
Continue reading »Operationalizing Science: A Wider Audience
Building on my post about how to reinvent academia, I want to focus a bit on the constraints that make scientific research limited in its […]
Continue reading »Plant-Based Food: A Doctor’s Personal Journey
I have been a meat eater for more than sixty years. Despite my forty-year career in medicine, I was rarely exposed to plant-based medicine as a […]
Continue reading »Meat and Climate Change
I’ve been writing about the harmful effects of animal agriculture on climate change for some time now. Research from 2009 indicates dietary changes can substantially help […]
Continue reading »Seasons of Life: Book Launch
At Alchemus Prime, we value nature greatly. We are fused with nature as one: we are nature, nature is us. We consider Nature (note the […]
Continue reading »The Biomimetic Life: A Self-Analysis
For a while I’ve been meaning to analyze my life and work based on Life’s Principles from biomimicry, to see how I’m doing in my […]
Continue reading »Bioneers 2016: Highlights and Questions
Bioneers is, by definition, a recurring utopia. Sometimes it’s hard to believe it’s a conference! Everyone is happy: beaming, grateful, present, and kind. For example, […]
Continue reading »Knowing your Fish: Data-Driven Design
At Alchemus Prime, Sundarajan often gives an example to guide our clients with business strategy. We call it the fish story. Basically, you could buy […]
Continue reading »Beyond Blood: Book Launch
My latest book, Beyond Blood, is about those relationships that deepen our lives. Often, these connections are soulful; they can happen with blood relatives or […]
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