Author: Rob the polymath

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Prop 65 on Your Supplements: Should You Be Concerned?

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As laws change to give health conscious consumers more information about what’s in the products they buy, unintended consequences sometimes follow. California’s Prop 65 warning requirements are a good example. The law began with constructive goals, but in practice the way warnings are triggered and displayed can create confusion, especially for supplement and natural product manufacturers.2 Continue reading
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Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson

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Book review with synopsis: Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation by Steven Johnson. Anyone who is involved in any field of productive creativity, from business, to science, to engineering, to art, has probably asked themselves the question "where do good ideas come from?" This book attempts to answer that question with a twist: Continue reading
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Soap vs Detergent: What’s Really in Your Cleanser?

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Why should you care whether you wash with real soap or a detergent cleanser? Aren’t they basically the same thing? Not quite. Products marketed as “soap” are not always true soap; many are actually synthetic detergent cleansers.1,2 That difference matters, because soaps and detergents are chemically different, regulated differently, and can raise different questions about skin tolerance, ingredient transparency, and overall health. Continue reading
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Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder by Nassim Taleb

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If I were forced to compile a list of "top ten books I have read that help a person understand the world" this book would certainly be on it. I have to admit this book review was a long time coming. I first read this book in 2017, and I have procrastinated on writing a book review since then, mostly due to wanting to do justice to such an important compilation of insights. Continue reading
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