The Shark Attack Effect

Remember in the early 2000s when there was a string of shark attacks on the southeastern seaboard? The media seemed to report a new shark attack every couple of days. At work we all talked about what may have been causing this horrible plague of shark related injuries. You probably don’t remember this, but I do because my wife, Michelle, is deathly afraid of sharks. I had trouble convincing her to go on any vacation where we would be swimming in the ocean. It turned out that there wasn’t actually a big increase in shark attacks at all. While there were unusual attacks in certain areas, the overall rate of attacks in the U.S. remained flat. It wasn’t a shark frenzy, but a media frenzy about sharks that made us all think it wasn’t safe to go in the water.

Social media wasn’t a thing back then, but if it was, I think this is what probably would have happened to me:

Me: You know, statistically speaking, there really hasn’t been an increase in shark attacks.

Internet Mob: How can you be so insensitive?! Those shark attack victims have families, you know.

Me: I feel horrible for the victims and their families. I’m just saying that most of us aren’t going to be eaten by sharks.

Internet Mob: We really need to do something about this. We should kill all the sharks.

Me: I don’t think that’s a great idea. Most sharks don’t bite people, and I think I read somewhere that sharks are an important part of the ocean’s ecosystem or something.

Internet Mob: Why are you so pro-shark?! Why are you so anti-swimmer? You’re a hater!

Me: I’m not pro-shark and I don’t hate swimmers. (Although I’d rather see fewer overweight French Canadians in Speedos at Coco Beach.)

Internet Mob: We need to close down all the beaches until we are 100% certain that no one will ever be injured by a shark again.

Me: I don’t think that’s possible. And won’t that hurt all the businesses that rely on tourism?

Internet Mob: You care more about money than people. You capitalist pig! If it saves just one life it will be worth it.

Me: But people need money to survive……

Internet mob: I think this is all because of global warming. What we need is a crippling carbon tax, and the federal government to take control of the oil industry. And we should all hurl rocks at SUVs.

Me: Don’t you think we should have more evidence before taking such drastic measures?

Internet Mob: You’re anti-science!

Me: I don’t think I am. I just think we should look at this in perspective. Each of the 8 shark related deaths this year is a tragedy. But mosquitos killed a million people last year….

Internet Mob: You sicken me. I’m going to start a campaign to ruin your life and get you fired from your job.

Me: Wait! Never Mind!. I take it all back. Swimmers’ lives matter! Defund the sharks! Put up electric fences on the beaches and send drones to patrol the streets to protect us from land sharks. Just stop doxing me! And get these “peaceful protesters” in masks to stop throwing bricks at my house and pepper spraying my wife and kids when they go to the park! No education in critical thinking is worth all this!

Books I Can Remember I Read: Taking Charge of ADHD

Taking Charge of ADHD by Russel A. Barkley, PhD

I have a bachelor's degree in psychology and I am a family practice physician who diagnoses and treats ADHD frequently, and I still got a lot of insight on the condition from reading this book. I read this book, not as a physician, but as a parent of children with ADHD who wanted help guiding them through life's challenges.  It's crazy long, so you have to be committed.  I actually listened to in on Audible while I ran in the morning, but I sometimes wish I had a hard copy so I could mark it.

Books I Can Remember that I’ve Read (In no particular order)

I'm only counting text books if I read the entire thing.

I'm counting books that I read more than half of, but stopped because I couldn't stomach it (Lolita) or just because I hated it(Moby Dick). I'm not counting books that are mostly pictures (The Cat in the Hat), although they are still some of my favorite books. I'm counting books twice if I read them both in English and in Spanish (or French).

***** - I really liked

**** - I liked

*** - OK

** - I didn’t like

* - It sucked.

(W) - Read with Whitney

(D) - Read with and/or to Dane

1. The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald****

2. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce**

3. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen****

4. Walden - Henry David Thoreau**

5. Claudius the God - Robert Graves*****

6. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez***

7. A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess****

8. As I Lay Dying -William Faulkner***

9. Animal Farm - George Orwell****

10. The Book of Mormon - Written by the Hand of Mormon. Translated by Joseph Smith Jr.*****

11. The Holy Bible - King James Version*****

12. The Doctrine and Covenants - Joseph Smith, others****

13. The Pearl of Great Price - Moses, Abraham, Joseph Smith****

14. Travels with Charley (In Search of America) - John Steinbeck****

15. A Series of Unfortunate Events. The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket***

16. A Series of Unfortunate Events. The Reptile Room - Lemony Snicket***

17. A Series of Unfortunate Events. The Wide Window - Lemony Snicket***

18. Les Liaisons Dagereuses - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos****

19. Tom Sawyer Abroad - Samuel Clemens***

20. The Monkey Wrench Gang - Edward Abbey****

21. The Hero With a Thousand Faces - Joseph Campbell***

22. The Faith of a Scientist - Henry Eyring****

23. The Power of Myth - Joseph Campbell****

24. What are People For - Wendell Berry***

25. The Miracle of Forgiveness - Spencer W. Kimball****

26. The Greatest Salesman in the World - Og Mandino***

27. 1984 - George Orwell****

28. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Samuel Clemens*****

29. On the Road - Jack Keroac****

30. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens****

31. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller****

32. Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra****

33. Uncle Tom’s Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe***

34. Deliverance - James Dickey****

35. The Best of Edward Abbey***

36. Rosaura a las Diez - Marco Denevi****

37. Ragtime - E.L. Doctorow****

38. Tom Sawyer Detective - Samuel Clemens***

39. The Iliad -Homer****

40. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkein*****

41. Notes from the Underground - Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky***

42. The Double - Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky***

43. The Trial -Franz Kafka***

44. Moby Dick - Herman Melville**

45. Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison***

46. Principles of Surgery Companion Handbook - Schartz, Shires, Spencer*

47. Standing for Something - Gordon B. Hinckley***

48. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis*****

49. The Sound and the Fury -William Faulkner**

50. The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck****

51. Slaughter House-Five - Kurt Vonnegut****

52. Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald****

53. Under the Volcano - Malcolm Lowry**

54. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer -Samuel Clemens*****

55. Darkness at Noon - Arthur Koestler*****

56. The Call of the Wild - Jack London****

57. Kim - Rudyard Kipling***

58. A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens****

59. Howards End - E.M. Forster****

60. Sons and Lovers - D.H. Lawrence***

61. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad***

62. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance -Robert M. Pirsig****

63. The Stranger - Albus Camus****

64. To the Lighthouse - Virginia Woolf***

65. The Lonely Men - Louis L’Amour***

66. Sacred Clowns - Tony Hillerman***

67. The Covenant - James A. Michener****

68. Prentice Alvin - Orson Scott Card****

69. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy -Douglas Adams****

70. The Quick and the Dead - Louis L’Amour***

71. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee*****

72. The Gift of the Jews - Thomas Cahill****

73. The Last Battle - C.S. Lewis****

74. The Christ Commission - Og Mandin****

75. Ender’s Game -Orson Scott Card*****

76. People of Darkness - Tony Hillerman****

77. The Horse and His Boy - C.S. Lewis****

78. The Silver Chair - C.S. Lewis****

79. Memory of Earth - Orson Scott Card***

80. The Odyssey - Homer****

81. The Source - James A. Michener*****

82. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger****

83. How to Satisfy a Woman Every Time - Naura Hayden**

84. A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway****

85. The Changed Man - Orson Scott Card****

86. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl****

87. El Milagro del Perdon -Spencer W. Kimball****

88. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley****

89. A Marvelous Work and a Wonder - LeGrand Richards****

90. A Treasury of Classical Mythology - A.R. Hope Moncrieff****

91. The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - J.R.R. Tolkien****

92. Pure Drivel - Steve Martin***

93. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens****

94. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens****

95. Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone - J.K. Rowling*****

96. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling*****

97. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban -J.K. Rowling*****

98. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire -J.K. Rowling*****

99. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling*****

100. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling*****

101. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling*****

102. The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis*****

103. The Magician's Nephew - C.S. Lewis*****

104. Out of the Silent Planet - C.S. Lewis****

105. Prince Caspian - C.S. Lewis*****

106. The Voyage of the 'Dawn Treader - C.S. Lewis*****

107. Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis****

108. That Hideous Strength - C.S. Lewis****

109. The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway***

110. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov**

111. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley****

112. I Claudius - Robert Graves*****

113. Anthem - Ann Rand***

114. Lord of the Flies - William Golding****

115. The Secret Agent - Joseph Conrad***

116. Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein****

117. A Room With a View - E.M. Forster****

118. Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad***

119. Citizen of the Galaxy - Robert Heinlein****

120. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesley****

121. Tunnel in the Sky - Robert Heinlein****

122. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum****

123. Speaker for the Dead - Orson Scott Card****

124. Xenocide - Orson Scott Card****

125. Songmaster - Orson Scott Card**

126. Saints - Orson Scott Card****

127. Red Prophet - Orson Scott Card****

128. Cruel Shoes - Steve Martin***

129. The Great Brain - John Dennis Fitzgerald****

130. Me and My Little Brain - John Dennis Fitzgerald****

131. Jesus the Christ - James Talmage*****

132. The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas****

133. Dracula - Bram Stoker****

134. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown***

135. Angels and Demons - Dan Brown****

136. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West - Gregory Maguire****

137. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - Roald Dahl**

138. How the Irish Saved Civilization - Thomas Cahill***

139. Fundamentals of Family Medicine - Robert B. Taylor***

140. Medical Physiology - Rodney A Rhoades and George A Tanner**

141. D'aulaires Book of Greek Myths - Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aurlaire****

142. El Libro De Mormon - Un Relato Escrito por la Mano de Mormon. Traducido de las Planchas por Jose Smith, Hijo*****

143. Generation X - Douglas Coupland***

144. Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe****

145. Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice****

146. The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde****

147. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen****

148. History of the English-Speaking Peoples - Winston Churchhill****

149. Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking - Barbara Bates**

150 Complete History of the World - Richard Overy****

151.he American Religion - Harold Bloom***

152 The Good Earth - Pearl S. Buck****

153 In Cold Blood - Truman Capote****

154 A Rumor of War - Philip Caputo****

155. Religion in the New World - Richard E. Wentz***

156. The Moon Is Down - John Steinbeck****

157. The Pearl - John Steinbeck****

158. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck****

159. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - John le Carré****

160. The Education of Little Tree - Forrest Carter*****

161. The Chosen - Chaim Potok****

163. The Work and the Glory, Pilar of Fire - Gerald N. Lund*****

164. The Work and the Glory, Like a Fire if Burning - Gerald N. Lund*****

165. The Work and the Glory, Truth will Prevail - Gerald N. Lund*****

166. The Work and the Glory, Thy Gold Refine - Gerald N. Lund*****

167. The Work and the Glory, A Season of Joy - Gerald N. Lund*****

168. Stepen King On Writing, A Memoir of the Craft - Stephen King***

169. Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris****

170. Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited, The Evidence for Ancient Origins - Edited by Noel B. Reynolds. **** (March '08)

171. The Millionaire Next Door - Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko****

172. Naked Ape : A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal - Desmond Morris****

173. Johnny Tremain - Esther Forbes****

174. Mormons and Masons, Setting the Record Straight - Gilbert W. Scharffs* (March '08)

175. San Manuel Bueno, mártir - Miguel de Unamuno****

176. Critiquing the Critics of Joseph Smith - Hartt Wixom**** (March '08)

177. Mormon Country - Wallace Stegner****

178. The House of God - Samuel Shem**

179. The Way of All Flesh - Samuel Butler****(March '08)

180. The Clan of the Cave Bear - Jean M. Auel**** (April '08)

181. Religions of the World - A Latter-day Saint View - Spencer J. Palmer, Rober R. Keller, Dong Sull Choi, James A. Toronto****

182. Julius Caesar - William Shakespear****

183. Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare****

184. Hamlet - William Shakespeare****

185. Macbeth - William Shakespeare****

186. One Minute Answers to Anti-Mormon Questions - Stephen W. Gibson*** (May '08)

187. Jay's Journal - Beatrice Sparks**

188. Blueprints in Obstetrics and Gynecology - Tamara L. Callahan, Aaron B Caughey and Linda J Heffner***

189. Clinical Microbiology Made Rediculously Simple - Mark Galdwin and Bill Trattler****

190. Prescription for the Boards USMLE Step 2 - Radhika Breaden, Charyl Denenberg, Kate Feibusch, Stephen Gomperts***

191. The Instant Exam Review for the USMLE Step 3 - Joel s. Goldberg**

192. Appleton & Lang's Review of Pediatrics - Martin I. Lorin**

193. Pathology - Arthur S. Schneider and Philip A Szanto**

194. Internal Medicine - Edward D. Frohlich**

195. The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers - J.R.R. Tolkien****

196. The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King - J.R.R. Tolkien****

198. The Mountain Meadows Massacre - Juanita Brooks****

198. A Thief of Time - Tony Hillerman****

199. Naked Pictures of Famous People - Jon Stewart**

200. La Casa de Bernarda Alba - Federico García Lorca***

201. Why Things Are and Why Things Aren't - Joel Achenbach****

202. Why Things Are - Joel Achenbach****

203. Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? And Other Imponderables - David Feldman****

204. First Aid for the Family Medicine Boards - Tao Le, Christine Dehlendorf, Michael Mendoza, and Cynthria Ohata**** (May '08)

205. Why Don't Cat's Like to Swim - David Feldman****

206. The Naked and the Dead - Norman Mailer**** (June '08)

207. Encounters with the Archdruid - John McPhee***

208. Desert Solitaire - Edward Abby***

209. Family Medicine Board Review - Robert L. Bratton, MD**** (July '08)

210. View of the Hebrews - Ethan Smith** (August '08)

211. A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle****

212. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens****

213. The Book of Mormon and DNA Resarch - Edited by Daniel C. Petersen**** (Sept '08)

214. The Great Divorce - C.S. Lewis**** (Sept '08)

215. Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson**** (Sept '08)

216. The Great Angel - A Study of Israel's Second God - Margaret Barker**** (Sept '08)

217. The House of the Seven Gables - Nathaniel Hawthorne**** (Sept,08)

218. The Scarlett Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne**** (Oct, '08)

219. Twilight - Stephanie Meyer** (Oct, '08)

220. Sophie's Choice - William Styron*** (Nov, '08)

221. Revolt of 2100 - Robert Heinlein****

222. Farnham's Freehold - Robert Heinlein****

223. Between Planets - Robert Heinlein****

224. The Giver - Lois Lowry****(Nov, '08)

225. History of Joseph Smith by His Mother Lucy Mack Smith****

226. Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein** (Nov, '08)

227. Joseph Smith - Rough Stone Rolling - Richard Lyman Bushman**** (Dec, '08)

228. The Work and the Glory - Praise to the Man - Gerald N. Lund**** (Dec, '08)

229. Tinkling Cymbals and Sounding Brass - The Art of Telling Tales about Joseph Smith and Brigham Young - Hugh Nibley****(Dec, '08)

230. The Happy Prince and Other Tales - Oscar Wilde***(Dec, '08)

231. The Tales of Beedle the Bard - J.K. Rowling****(Dec, '08)

232. A High Wind in Jamaica - Richard Hughes*** (Dec, '08)

233. Celsus on the True Doctrine - A Discourse Against the Christians - translated by R. Joseph Hoffmann**** (Jan, '09)

234. Brigham Young: American Moses - Leonard J. Arrington**** (Jan, '09)

235. Atlas Shrugged - Ann Rand***** (Jan, '09)

236. Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder*** (Feb, '09)

237. Silas Marner - George Eliot**** (Feb, '09)

238. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte*** (Feb, '09)

239. Mormonism and Early Christianity - Hugh Nibley**** (March, '09)

240. Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens*** (March, '09)

241. The Abolition of Man - C.S. Lewis*** (April, '09)

242. The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx** (April '09)

243. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky**** (April '09)

244. Till We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis**** (April '09)

245. Return from Tomorrow - George Ritchie and Elizebeth Sherrill***

246. President Kimball Speaks Out - Spencer W. Kimball***

247. The World's Last Night and Other Essays - C.S. Lewis**** (April '09)

248. Everything's Eventual - Stephen King****

249. Dubliners - James Joyce**** (April '09)

250. Capitalism and Freedom Milton Friedman**** (May '09)

251. Texas - James Michener***

252. Massacre at Mountain Meadows - Ronald W. Walker, Richard E. Turley Jr. and Geln M Leonard**** (May '09)

253. Where the Sidewalk Ends - Shel Silverstein****

254. Hawaii - A Novel - James Michener*** (June '09)

255. Billy Budd - Herman Melville***

256. Tales of the South Pacific - James Michener***

257. Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens*** (June '09)

258. The Last Kingdom - Bernard Cornwell**** (July '09)

259. For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway *** (August '09)

260. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury **** (August '09)

261. The Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan*** (Sept '09)

262. Stonehenge - Bernard Cornwell*** (Sept '09)

263. Leap of Faith: Confronting the Origins of the Book of Mormon - Bob Bennett**** (Sept '09)

264. New Moon - Stephenie Meyer** (Sept '09)

265. Shaken Faith Syndrome - Michael R. Ash**** (October '09)

266. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter - Carson McCullers**** (October '09)

267. Lehi in the Desert - Hugh Nibley**** (October '09)

268. The World of the Jaredites - Hugh Nibley**** (October '09)

269. There Were Jaredites - Hugh Nibley *** (November '09)

270. How to be the Jerk Women Love - F.J. Shark**

271. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte*** (November '09)

272. The Story of England - Christopher Hibbert****

273. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Jane Austen and Seth Grahame Smith**** (November '09)

274. The Work and the Glory - So Great a Cause - Gerald N. Lund**** (December '09)

275. Caribbean - James A. Michener**** (December '09)

276. 1776 - David McCullough**** (December '09)

277. Exploring the Connection Between Mormons and Masons - Matthew B. Brown** (December '09)

278. The Temple - Where Heaven Meets Earth - Truman G. Madsen*** (December '09)

279. The Divine Comedy: Inferno/Purgatorio/Paradiso - Dante Alighieri. Tranlated by Carlyle Okey Wicksteed** (January '10)

280. When You are Englulfed in Flames - David Sedaris*** (January '10)

281. The Elements of Style - William Strunk, Jr.**** (January '10)

282. The Year of Living Biblically - A.J. Jacobs**** (February '10)

283. The Autobiograph of Parley P. Pratt**** (February '10)

284. The Viper on the Hearth: Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy - Terryl L. Givens***** (February '10)

285. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters - Jane Austin and Ben Winters*** (February '10)

286. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins**** (February '10)

287. Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins**** (February '10)

288. Arguing with Idiots - Glen Beck*** (March '10)

289. The Godfather - Mario Puzo*** (March '10)

290. Remembering Kirtland - Grant L. Stevens and Richard Stevens*** (March '10)

291. By the Hand of Mormon - The American Scripture that Launched a New World Religion - Terryl L Givens***** (April '10)

292. The LDS Family Travel Guide: Sharon, Palmyra and Kirtland - Becky Cardon Smith*** (April '10)

293. The Work and the Glory, All is Well - Gerald N. Lund**** (April '10)

294. The Four Agreements - A Toltec Wisdom Book - Don Miguel Ruiz*** (April '10)

295. The Pirate Hunter - The True Story of Captain Kidd - Richared Zacks**** (April '10)

296. Persuasion - Jane Austen**** (May, '10)

297. The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown*** (May, '10)

298. The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett**** (May '10)

299. Abraham in Egypt - Hugh Nibley**** (June '10)

300. Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse - James Wesley, Rawles**(June '10)

301. Native Son - Richard Wright*** (June '10)

302. Odds Are You're Going To Be Exalted - Alonzo L Gaskill*** (June '10)

303. The Sword in the Stone - T.H. White*** (July '10)

304. The Kingdom and the Crown Vol. 1: Fisher's of Men - Gerald N. Lund **** (July '10)

305. The Once and Future King - T.H. White**** (August '10)

306. The Kingdom and the Crown Vol. 2: Come Unto Me - Gerald N. Lund**** (August '10)

307. 365 Read-Aloud Bedtime Bible Stories - Daniel Partner*** (August '10)(D).

308. People of Paradox: A History of Mormon Culture - Terryl L. Givens**** (Sept. '10)

309. Of Faith and Reason: 80 Evidences Suporting the Prophet Joseph Smith - Michael R. Ash**** (Sept. '10)

310. The Kingdom and the Crown Vol. 3: Behold the Man - Gerald N. Lund**** (Oct. '10)

311. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins*** (Oct. '10)

312. Peter and the Starcatchers - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson**** (Oct. '10)(D)

313. Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith - compled by Joseph Fielding Smith - (Oct. '10)****

314. The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities of Ancient Israel - Mark S. Smith*** (Oct. '10)

315. They Lie In Wait to Deceive Volume I - Robert L and Rosemary Brown**** (Oct. '10)

316. The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo***** (December '10)

317. Peter and the Shadow Thieves - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson**** (Dec. '10)(D)

318. Emma - Jane Austen*** (December '10)

319. People Who Deserve It: Socially Responsible Reasons to Punch Someone in the Face - Casey Rand and Tim Gordon*** (January '11)

320. Angle of Repose - Wallace Stegner**** (January '11)

321. Yucatan Before and After the Conquest - Friar Diego de Landa**** (January '11)

322. Greek Myths Western Style: Toga Tales with an Attitude - Barbara McBride-Smith**** (February '11)

323. Peter and the Secret of Rundun - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson **** (February '11)(D)

324. How Greek Philosophy Corrupted the Christian Concept of God - Richard R. Hopkins**** (March '11)

325. Ulysses - James Joyce*** (March '11)

326. Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe - Laurence Bergreen**** (March '11)

327. Fablehaven - Brandon Mull**** (April '11)(D)

328. The Theological Foundations of the Mormon Religion - Sterling M. McMurrin***** (April '11)

329. King Solomon's Mines - H. Rider Haggard**** (April '11)

330. The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln - edited by Anthony Gross*** (April '11)

331. Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton*** (April '11)

332. The Heart of the Matter - Graham Greene**** (April '11)

333. On Fiji Islands - Ronald Wright**** (May '11)

334. The Snark Handbook, Insult Edition - Comebacks, Taunts and Effronteries - Lawrence Dorfman*** - (May '11)

335. Henderson the Rain King - Saul Bellow**** (May '11)

336. The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - Howard Pyle*** (June '11)(D)

337. The Power and the Glory - Graham Greene**** (June '11)

338. They Lie in Wait to Deceive - Volume 2 - Robert L. and Rosemary Brown*** (July '11)

339. Who Cut the Cheese? A Cultural History of the Fart - Jim Dawson***(July '11)

340. Peter and the Sword of Mercy - Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson*** (July '11)(D)

341. Science and the Book of Mormon - Wade E. Miller*** (August '11)

342. Little-Known Evidences of the Book of Mormon- Renton G. Yorgason*** (August '11)

343. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan**** (August '11)(D)

344. Plates of Gold: The Book of Mormon Comes Forth - Matthew B. Brown****(August '11)

345. The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan**** (September'11)(D).

346. They Lie in Wait to Deceive - Volume IV - Robert L. and Rosemary Brown*** (September '11).

347. The House of the Lord: A Study of Holy Sanctuaries, Ancient and Modern - James E. Talmage*** (September '11)

348. 400 Questions & Answers About the Life and Times of Jesus Christ - Susan Easton Black**** (October '11)

349. The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan**** (October '11)(D)

350. Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses - Richard Lloyd Anderson***** (October '11)

351. An American Tragedy - Theodore Dreiser***(October '11)

352. From Man to God: An LDS Scientis Views Creation, Progression and Exlatation - William E. Harris** (October '11)

353. Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie**** (October '11)(D)

354. Water For Elephants - Sara Gruen**** (November '11)

355. A Passage to India - E.M. Forster****(Novemver '11)

356. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything - Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner**** (November '11)

357. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan*** (December '11)(D)

358. The Miracle of Freedom: 7 Tipping Points That Saved the World - Chris Stewart and Ted Stewart**** (December '11)

359. Apocrypha - King James Version **** (December '11)

360. Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World - Michael Lewis**** (December '11)

361. The Brincess Bride - William Goldman**** (January '12)(D)

362. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Last Olympian - Rick Riordan*** (February '12)(D)

363. The L.D.S. Family Travel Guide: Independence, Nauvoo and Winter Quarters - Becky Cardon Smith**** (March '12)

364. Matilda - Roald Dahl*** (March '12) (W)

365. Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, & Naturalism - Alvin Plantinga**** (March '12)

366. Celebrating Passover: A Guide to Understanding the Jewish Feast for Later-day Saints - Marianne Monson-Burton**** (March '12)

367. The Book of Mormon: The Original Text - Edited by Royal Skousen***** (March '12)

368. Fire of the Covenant: A Novel of the Whillie and Martin Handcart Companies - Gerald N. Lund**** (March '12)

369. The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith - Matthew Bowman**** (April '12)

370. The Lost Hero - Rick Riordan*** (April '12) (D)

371. 7 Miracles That Saved America - Chris and Ted Stewart**** (April '12)

372. When Souls Had Wings: Pre-Mortal Existence in Western Thought - Terryl L. Givens**** (April '12)

373. Fablehaven - Rise of the Evening Star - Brandon Mull*** (June '12) (D)

374. Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague - Brandon Mull*** (Sept '12) (D)

375. Earth Unaware - Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston**** (Sept '12)

376. The Family Corleone - Ed Falco**** (Oct '12)

377. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling - Henry Fielding*** (Oct '12)

378. Bleak House - Charles Dickens*** (Oct '12)

379. Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift*** (Nov '12)

380. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray**** (Nov '12)

381. The Twenty-One Balloons - William Pene du Bois** (Nov '12)(D)

382. Why I'm a Mormon - Joseph A. Cannon*** (Dec '12)

383. Alaska - James A. Michener** (Dec '12)

384. Lady Susan - Jane Austen*** (Dec '12)

385. Master and Commander - Patrick O'Brian*** (Jan '13)

386. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson*** (Jan, '13)

387. Joseph Smith Jr: Reappraisals after Two Centuries - - Edited by Reid L. Neilson and Terryl L. Givens**** (Jan '13)

388. Fablehaven: Secret of the Dragon Sanctuary - Brandon Mull*** (Jan, '13)

389. The Apocalypse of Abraham (Jan, '13)***

391. Winesburg, Ohio - Sherwood Anderson**** (Feb, '13)

392. The Arabian Nights - Selected and Edited by Anderew Lang*** (Feb, '13)

393. Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi *** (Feb, '13)(D)

392. Lonely Planet - Hawaii or the Caribbean? A Guide to Choosing Your Perfect Island*** (March, '13)

393. Hawaii the Big Island Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook - 6th Edition - Andrew Doughty****(March, '13)

394. The Wind in the Willows - Kennet Grahame*** (April, '12)(D)

395. Modern Mormonism: Myths and Realities - Robert L. Millet**** (April, '12)

396. When the Lights Went Out: Three studies on the Ancient Apostacy - Hugh W. Nibley*** (April, '13)

397. A Voice of Warning - Parley P. Pratt**** (May, '13)

398. Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird - Tim Birkhead**** (May, '13)

399. The Wings of the Dove - Henry James*** (May, '13)

400.  The Ultimate Man's Survival Guide: Recovering the Lost Art of Manhood - Frank Miniter**** (May, '13)

401.  The Son of Neptune - Rick Riordan*** (June, '13)

402.  Parliament of Whores - P.J. O'Rourke**** (July, '13)

403.  Summer of the Monkeys - Wilson Rawls**** (August, '13)

404.  The Lost Gate - Orson Scott Card**** (September, '13)

405.  Three Men in a Boat - Jerome K. Jerome*** (October, '13)

406.  Are Mormons Christians - Stephen E. Robinson**** (December, '13)

407.  Earth Afire - Orson Scott Card**** (December, '13)

408.  The Book of Mormon: A Very Short Introduction - Terryl Givens**** (December, '13)

409.  Dad is Fat - Jim Gaffigan**** (December, '13)

410.  Mormonism:  A Very Short Introduction - Richard Lyman Bushman**** (January, '14)

411.  Islam:  A Very Short Introduction - Malise Ruthven*** (January, '14)

412.  Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction - Damien Keown*** (March, '14)

413.  A Land Remembered - Patrick D. Smith*** (March, '14)

414.  Appointment in Samarra - John O'Hara (March, '14)****

415.  Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims - Rush Limbaugh (March, '14)***

416.  Shane - Jack Schaefer (May, '14)****

417.  Bulfinch's Mythology - Thomas Bulfinch (May, 14)****

418.  Don't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff - Matt Kibbe (May, '14)****

419.  The Annals of the Cakchiquels:  The Original Text, with a Translation, notes and Introduction - Francisco Hernandez Arana, Xajila' and Francisco Rojas.  Translated by Daniel G. Brinton (June, '14)***

420.  American Evita: Hillary Clinton's Rise to Power - Christopher Andersen (July, 2014)****

421.  Sister Carrie - Theodore Dreiser (July, 2014)****

422.  The House of Hades - Rick Riordan (July, 2014)***(D)

423.  The Prisoner of Zenda Anthony Hope (August, 2014)***

424.  The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Thornton Wilder (Aug, 2014)****

425.  The Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett (August, 2014)****

426.  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll (August, 2014)*** (D)

427.  The Witch of Blackbird Pond - Elizabeth George Speare (October, 2014)**** (D)

428.  Restoring the Ancient Church: Joseph Smith and Early Christianity - Barry Robert Bickmore (October, 2014)****

429.  Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane (November, 2014)*****

430.  The Quran - Muhammad (November, 2014)

430.  Earth Awakens - Orson Scott Card (December, 2014)****

431.  Common Sense - Thomas Paine (December, 2014)****

432.  Rip Van Winkle - Washington Irving (December, 2014)****

433.  Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs (January, 2015)***

434.  Offenders for a Word: How Anti-Mormons Play Word Games to Attack the Later-day Saints - Daniel C. Peterson & Stephen D. Ricks (January, 2015)****

435.  A Separate Peace - John Knowles (January, 2015)****

436.  Captains Courageous - Rudyard Kipling (January, 2015)****

437.  The Crucible of Doubt: Reflections on the Quest For Faith (January, 2015)****

438.  Canoeing with the Cree - Eric Sevareid (February, 2015)****

439.  Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife - Eben Alexander, M.D. (March, 2015)***

440.  Return to Paradise - James Michener (March 2015)****

441.  The Blood of Olympus - Rick Riordan (April 2015)*** (D)

442.  Percy Jackson's Greek Gods - Rick Riordan (May, 2015)***(D)

443.  French for Mastery: Salut, les Amis! - Jean-Paul Valette et Rebecca M. Vallette (May, 2015)****

444.  The Cay - Theodore Taylor (June, 2015)**** (D)

445.  Charlotte's Web - E.B. White (July, 2015)****(D)

446.  Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney***(July, 2015)(D)

447.  Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Rodrick Rules - Jeff Kinney (July, 2015)***(D)

448.  Harry Potter a l'Ecole Des Sorciers - J.K. Rowling (August, 2015)*****

449.  Hatchet - Gary Paulsen (August, 2015)**** (D)

450.  Joseph Smith's Polygamy: Toward a Better Understanding (August, 2015)****
451.  French for Mastery 2: Tous Ensemble - Jean-Paul Valletter et Rebecca M. Vallette (October, 2015)****
452.  The Way Back to Heaven: The Parable of the Chrystal Stairs - S. Michael Wilcox (October, 2015)****
453.  Mr. Popper's Penguins - Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater (October, 2015)*** (D)
454.  Monster Blood - R.L. Stine (October, 2015)** (D)
455.  Harry Potter et la Chambre de Secrets (October, 2015)*****
456.  Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers - Ralph Moody (October, 2015)****(D)
457.  The Mark of a Giant: 7 People Who Changed the World - Ted Stewart (October, 2015)****
458.  Le Petit Prince - Antoine de St. Exuery (November, 2015)****
459. Omoo - Herman Melville (Novemver, 2015)****
460. Peppermints in the Parlor - Barbara Brooks Wallace (December, 2015)*** (D)
461.  Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes - R.L. Stine (December, 2015)** (D)
462.  Night of the Living Dummy - R.L. Stine (January, 2016)** (D)
463.  The Great Brain - John D. Fitzgerald (January, 2016)****
464. Traditions of the Fathers: The Book of Mormon as History (January, 2016)****
465.  Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - Frederick Douglas (February, 2016)*****
466.  National Geographic - Bird Watcher's Bible: A Complete Treasury - Science, Know-How, Beauty, Lore - Edited by Jonathan Alderfer (March, 2016)****
467.  Be Careful What Your Wish For - R.L. Stine (March, 2016)*** (D)
468.  Star Wars: Roy Thomas (March, 2016)**** (D)
469.  Harry Potter et le Prisonnier d'Azkaban - J.K. Rowling (March, 2016)*****
470.  The Indian in the Cupboard - Lynne Reid Banks (April, 2016)*** (D)
471.  Mary Poppins - P.L Travers (June, 2016)*** (D)
472. Your Guide to the National Parks - Great Smoky Mountains - Michael Oswald (June, 2016)***
473. A Reason for Faith: Navagating LDS. Doctrine & Church History - Laura Harris Hales, Editor (July, 2016)****
474.  Easy French Reader - R. de Roussy de Sales (July, 2016)***
475. Brothers Karamozov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (August, 2016)*****
476. The Time Machine - retold from the H.G. Wlls original (August, 2016)****(D)
477. The One and Only Ivan - Katherine Applegate (September, 2016)***(D)
478. Best Easy Day Hikes Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Randy Johnson (October, 2016)***
479. Start Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back - Donald F Glut - based on a story by George Lucas (November, 2016)****(D)
480. The Phantom of the Opera - retold from the Gaston Leroux original (December, 2016)*** (D)
481. The Werewolf of Fever Swamp - R.L. Stine (December, 2016)*** (D)
482.  More Adventures of the Great Brain - John D. Fitzgerald (Decmenber, 2016)****
483. The Hawaii Bathroom Book - John Richard Stephens (December, 2016)***
484. Tantric Massage for Beginners - R. Riley (December, 2016)***
485. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne (January, 2017)*** (D)
486. The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin (January, 2017)***
487. All the King's Men - Robert Penn Warren (March, 2017)*****
488. Man of the Family - Ralph Moody (March, 2017)**** (D)
489. The Sign of Four - Arthur Conan Doyle (March, 2017)****
490. The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography from the Revolution to the First World War - Graham Robb (April, 2017)****
491. The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler (April, 2017)****

492.  Sherlock Holmes - A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle (April, 2017)**
493.  Le Livre de Mormon - Escrit par Mormon et Traduit par Joseph Smith (May, 2017)*****
494.  Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell (July, 2017)****
495.  Women and the Priesthood - Sheri Dew (July, 2017)****
496.  Our Search for Happiness - M. Russel Ballard (July, 2017)****
497.  Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul - Jeff Kinney (September, 2017)*** (D)
498. Harry Potter et la Coupe de Feu - J.K. Rowling (September, 2017)*****(D)
499. Our Southern Highlanders - Horace Kephart (October, 2017)***
500. Swiss Family Robinson - Johann David Wyss (November, 2017) ****(D)
501. The Christ Who Heals - Fiona and Terryl Givens (December, 2017)****
502. First Aid for the Family Medicine Boards - Tao Le, Michael Mendoza, Diana Coffa (January, 2018)****
503. AAFP Family Medicine Board Review - 12th Edition (January, 2018)*****
504. An Introduction to the Book of Abraham - John Gee - (January, 2018)****
505. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi - James Kahn (February, 2018)****
506. Family Practice Examination and Board Review.- Mark A. Graber and Jason K. Wilbur (March, 2018)****
507.  Forrest Gump - Winston Groom - (April, 2018)***(D)
508. Best Easy Day Hikes Yosemite National Park - Suzanne Swedo (June, 2018)***
509.  Diary of a Wimpy Kid - The Ugly Truth - Jeff Kinney (June, 2018)*** (D)
510. A Grief Observed - C.S. Lewis (June, 2018)*****
511.  Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh - Robert C. Obrien (June, 2018) (D)****
512.  The Four Loves - C.S. Lewis (June, 2018)****
513. Holes - Louis Sachar (July, 2018) (D)****
514. My Side of the Mountain- Jean Craighead George (July, 2018) (D)****
515. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie (November, 2018)****
516. The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life - Dr. Armand M. Nicholi, Jr. (December, 2018)****
517. Imagine Heaven: Neart Death Experiences, God's Promise - John Burke (January, 2019)*****
518. Opening the Heavens: Acounts of Divine Manifestations 1820-1944 - Edited by John W. Welch (January, 2019)****
519. Who Really Cares - America's Charity Divide. Who Gives, Who Doesn't and Why That Matters - Arthur C. Brooks - (February, 2019)****
520. The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford (February, 2019)****
521. Quantum Enigma: Physics Encounters Consciousness - Bruce Rosenblum and Fred Kuttner (March, 2019)****
522. Death Comes for the Archbishop - Willa Cather (April, 2019)****
523. Unlocking Isaiah: Lessons and Insights That Draw Us to the Savior - Reg Christensen (June, 2019)***
524.  The Sisters Grimm: The Fairy-tale Detectives -Michael Buckley (June, 2019)***(D)
525. Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of the Near-Death Experience - Him van Lommel, M.D. (July, 2019)***
526. A Case for the Book of Mormon - Tad R. Callister (July, 2019)****
527. First Aid for the Psychiatry Clerkship - Latha Ganti, Matthew S Kaufman, Sean M. Blitzstein (August, 2019)***
528.  Asperger's syndrome - A Guide for Parents and Professionals - Tony Atwood (August, 2019)****
529.  The Rosie Project - Graeme Simson (August, 2019)****
530. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy (September, 2019)*****
531. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon (October, 2019)****
532.  The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton (October, 2019)****(D)
533. The 42nd Parallel - John Dos Passos (November, 2019)****
534. Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators - Ronan Farrow (Jan. 2020)****
535. The Boys in the Boat - Daniel James Brown (March, 2020)****
536. The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History - John Barry (April, 2020)****
537. The Problem of Pain - C.S. Lewis (May, 2020)****
538. Bamboozled by the CES Letter: an honest response to the .pdf pamphlet entitled Letter to a CES Director - Michale R. Ash (June, 2020)****
539. Taking Charge of ADHD - Russell A Barkley, PhD (June, 2020)****
540. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - Bill Andrews (July, 2020)****

541.  Taming a Liger: Unexpected Spiritural Lessons From Napoleon Dynamite - a 24 piece set - Jeff Dunn and Adam Palmer (August, 2020)****

542. Saving Faith: How Families Protect, Sustain, and Encourage Faith - John Gee (September, 2020)****

543. Crime and Punishment - Leo Tolstoy (December, 2020)****

544.  Eragon - Christopher Piolini (December, 2020)***(D)

545. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy (December, 2020)*****

546. Jacob T. Marley - R. William Bennett (December, 2020)*****

547. The Bearutiful Poetry of Donald Trump - Created by Bob Sears (December, 2020)***

548. Rewire your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic and Worry - Catherine Pittman and Elizabeth Karle (January, 2021)****

Thoughts on Covid-19: Domumention For My Grandchildren That I Was Wrong About Everything

Thoughts on Covid-19: Domumention For My Grandchildren That I Was Wrong About Everything

I have had a few people ask my opinion about the Covid-19 pandemic recently – my predictions on treatments, lock downs, and opening up the economy. At the same time I have been reading the book The Great Influenza, by John M. Barry, about the influenza pandemic in 1918, which has reminded me of some features of infectious disease and virology that I had long forgotten from medical school. I am not an infectious disease specialist or a soothsayer, and my guesses and opinions on this pandemic are no better than anyone else’s. But the fact that, in some respects, I am at odds with both sides of debate on how to respond as a society to this pandemic makes me feel that at least I don’t have as much political bias contributing to my attitude as others might. So here are a few of my reflections from the last few weeks on the topic.

First of all, the world’s reaction to this crisis demonstrates how uncomfortable human beings are with things they cannot predict or control; and the genetic mutations and passage of the Covid-19 virus is something that is very difficult to predict or control. Also, when bad things happen, it is human nature to want to blame someone for it. And while hindsight is 20/20, there is no one, in all fairness, that is to blame for this catastrophe. (Except the Chinese Communist Party. They are all going to hell for this.)

Also, I have been reminded of two features of viral genetics, one that terrifies me, and the other that gives me hope. The first is the concept of Serial Passage of viruses. This is the phenomenon, both in vitro and in vivo, where when a virus first “jumps species,” that with each subsequent passage from host to host in the new species, it gets more efficient at infecting the next host, and thus more virulent. This is thought to be the reason that the first wave of the Spanish Flu, in the spring of 1918, was mild compared to the second wave in the fall of 1918. If this type of change is happening with Covid-19 it could also partly explain why the outbreak in China was not as bad as the one in Italy (more likely, China just lies), or why the west coast outbreaks in the US were not as bad as the east coasts’. 

The second is the statistical and genetic concept of Regression Towards the Mean. When applied to infectious disease, this means that viruses and bacteria that are extremely virulent tend to mutate to less dangerous forms over time. There is already some evidence that this is happening to the Covid-19 virus. Researchers at my alma mater, Arizona State University, have found a strain of Covid-19 with a sizable deletion of genetic material. This deletion is similar to one found in the corona virus that caused SARS in 2003, which is thought to have weakened the virus to the point that we hardly worry about or talk about it anymore. 

So, if we are currently between phases of this pandemic, and the virus is getting more virulent like the flu virus from 1918, then we may be in big trouble come next fall and winter. If the virus is regressing toward the mean, and the virus is getting weaker like the SARS virus did, then we have reason for hope. The trouble is, no one, even the smartest epidemiologists, know how this virus is going to behave. 

My second musing on the Corona Virus Pandemic of 2020 is a reminder of why medical science is hard, takes time, should be done carefully, and only in times of crisis should be done in desperation. At the beginning of this pandemic I told a prominent Republican politician I know that, although I didn't have any strong criticisms to his response to this crisis, I cringed every time President Trump tried to speak like a doctor about it. He asked why. I told him that good doctors approach any new treatment for any disease with caution and skepticism, and is trained to try to ignore anecdotal evidence, and Trump just doesn't do that. That’s not say that we are not hopeful that new treatments for this virus will work. Heck, if there was evidence that essential oils worked against the Corona virus I would be recommending it and maybe telling people to strap an onion the their foot. But what happens in the real world is that in a vast majority of medical trials the null hypotheses are proven and the treatments are shown to be ineffective. 

That being said, much of what we are doing currently to try to control this pandemic also has limited evidence. How well does social distancing really work? Are the draconian measures some states and countries are taking really more effective than less stringent measures? Do masks help? We might not know the answers to these questions for years. 

So, with all this information and insight, and lack thereof, what should we be doing right now? I don’t know. I am still taking precautions myself– wearing mask when I go in public, trying to stay 6 feet away from people, screening and separating potential Covid-19 patients when they come to my clinic and wearing personal protective equipment when I see them. Despite the most optimistic predictions, I am not counting on a vaccine in the next 1-2 years. (They usually take over a decade to develop, but I hope we get lucky.) While we are getting antibody testing soon, we still don’t know how much protection we have if we have antibodies. At the end of the day, unless we all decide to huddle in our respective caves while our economies and civilizations collapses into the dark ages, we may, like our ancestors, have to learn to live with a significant risk.