I'm really enjoying Malcolm Gladwell's new collection of articles - What the Dog Saw. The article I was reading today discusses the invention of The Pill and more interesting the mistake the inventor made. In true Gladwell big brain thinking style, the article delves deep into related fields, in this case, cancer. He also talks about the circular design of The Pill's case and it's significance.
I pop downstairs in the evening and catch a few minutes of one of my wife's favourite TV shows - Private Practice. There's a scene where one of the doctor's slyly hands the familiar looking, circular Pill case to a Jewish lady for medical and perhaps contraceptive reasons.
Haven't thought about The Pill for a long time and there it is "popping out" twice in one day.
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Small addition this morning...I finished the article on the subway, right at my stop. I look up and a student is carrying a large red textbook - The Cell.
Connection here to the fact that cancer is the mutation of cells during the process of division (well I'm sure that is 100% accurate, but that's my take).
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