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David Shenk
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July 11, 1966
in Cincinnati OH, The United States
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A new study of identical twins confirms that genetics are a poor predictor of disease. It's yet another indicator of how the public needs to understand genes as knobs and switches rather than blueprints. Here's my piece at The Atlantic.
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The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain
   3.78 avg rating — 418 ratings
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2007
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14 editions
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The Genius in All of Us
3.72 avg rating — 432 ratings
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2010
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9 editions
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The Forgetting: Alzheimer's: Portrait of an Epidemic
 4.08 avg rating — 108 ratings
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2001
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Data Smog: Surviving the Information Glut Revised and Updated Edition
3.66 avg rating — 35 ratings
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published
1997
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3 editions
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Skeleton Key
by David Shenk (Goodreads Author), Steve Silberman 3.90 avg rating — 30 ratings
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published
1994
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The End of Patience: Cautionary Notes on the Information Revolution
3.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
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1999
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Haiteku Kashokushō: Intānetto Eiji No Kimyōna Seitai
by David Shenk (Goodreads Author), 倉骨 彰 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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1998
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David Shenk
wrote a new blog post: Another Blow to "Innate"
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“You have to want it, want it so bad you will never give up, so bad that you are ready to sacrifice time, money, sleep, friendships, even your reputation,” he writes. “You will have to adopt a particular lifestyle of ambition, not just for a few weeks or months but for years and years and years. You have to want it so bad that you are not only ready to fail, but you actually want to experience failure: revel in it, learn from it.”
― David Shenk, The Genius in All of Us
― David Shenk, The Genius in All of Us
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