Joseph

This book is a good intro into how our food system and diet impacts our health. It’s fairly agnostic on particular eating styles, though he does have preferences. He covers seven common diets though, so there is something in it for everyone.

I’ve read a lot of productivity books. The closest comparison I would draw here is to Cal Newport, in an “anti-productivity” mindset. It is refreshingly non-prescriptive and gives a lot of context about why our cultural mindset on productivity is not particularly useful. If you’re interested in how to escape a productivity trap that has you trying to solve for every task, it’s a good read. If you’re looking for a better mousetrap on how to get everything done, look elsewhere.

It was a good read. I felt that it was a bit slow in the middle, but in the end, it was fairly compelling. It definitely felt like a middle book, which can be ok, but will leave you wishing that it resolved a little more.

I disagreed with some of the views in the book, particularly the book of Revelation as simply an allegory.