“Technology has a shadow side. It accounts for real progress in medicine, but has also hurt it in many ways, making it more impersonal, expensive and dangerous. The false belief that a safety net of sophisticated drugs and machines stretches below us, permitting risky or lazy lifestyle choices, has undermined our spirit of self-reliance.” WayRealSelfSpiritChoicesBeliefSidesHurtTechnologyProgressDangerousDrugShadowMachinesAccountsSafetyMedicineLifestyleExpensiveLazySophisticatedSelf RelianceRelianceSafety NetLifestyle ChoicesShadow Side Author:Andrew Weil
“I have tried to resign myself, and to console myself; and that, I hope, I may have done imperfectly; but what I cannot firmly settle in my mind is, that the end will absolutely come. I hold her hand in mine, I hold her heart in mine, I see her love for me, alive in all its strength. I cannot shut out a pale lingering shadow of belief that she will be spared.” LoveMindHeartMayEndsDoneHandsBeliefAliveMinesShadowSettlingPaleConsoleLingering Book:The Personal History of David Copperfield Source: The Personal History of David Copperfield