The Dismantling of America: Thomas Sowell
This amazing, prescient, work by Dr. Thomas Sowell lays out everything that is happening in today culture and society, which is impressive to say the least. More impressive is that Dr. Sowell explains “why” it is happening and presents a strong case for the conservative approach to saving what is left of a once FREE and powerful country. I thoroughly enjoyed the deep but easily understandable explanation by Sowell. Here are links to purchase the book - I listened via audible (an Amazon company sadly):
Visit : Dismantling America: and other controversial essays: Sowell, Thomas: 9780465022519: Amazon.com: Books or Dismantling America: And Other Controversial Essays / Edition 1 by Thomas Sowell | 9780465022519 | Hardcover | Barnes & Noble® (barnesandnoble.com)
Enjoy! For a decent complete list of Dr. Sowell’s work try this one: Thomas Sowell | Complete Writings (tsowell.com)
Iatrogenics
“The famously mistreated Austro-Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis had observed that more women died giving birth in hospitals than giving birth on the street. He called the establishment doctors a bunch of criminals—which they were: the doctors who kept killing patients could not accept his facts or act on them since he “had no theory” for his observations. Semmelweis entered a state of depression, helpless to stop what he saw as murders, disgusted at the attitude of the establishment. He ended up in an asylum, where he died, ironically, from the same hospital fever he had been warning against. Semmelweis’s story is sad: a man who was punished, humiliated, and even killed for shouting the truth in order to save others. The worst punishment was his state of helplessness in the face of risks and unfairness. But the story is also a happy one—the truth came out eventually, and his mission ended up paying off, with some delay. And the final lesson is that one should not expect laurels for bringing the truth.”
— Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Incerto Book 3) by Nassim Nicholas Taleb