This page collects stories I find remarkable, meaningful, or unexpectedly revealing.
Some are stories from my own life. Others are stories I encounter that help me better understand people, courage, systems, failure, beauty, or the strange ways life unfolds.
I keep them because stories often carry truth in a form that facts alone do not. They shape memory, judgment, and perspective, and they often explain why something matters better than analysis can.
Sandoz giving LSD out freely
Added: March 16, 2022
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_lysergic_acid_diethylamide
Sandoz was producing and giving LSD out freely for researchers to figure out what to use it for in the 1950s. A case study on early business and science around innovations and discoveries that are yet to be understood.
Confusion of Hydroxychloroquine during Covid-19 due to Surgisphere
Added: February 9, 2022
https://www.the-scientist.com/features/the-surgisphere-scandal-what-went-wrong–67955
Confusion of hydroxychloroquine during Covid-19 due to Surgisphere. This was an interesting case study to see how the greater scientific community and process worked when presented with a high priority high time pressure issue.
Charity Dean’s work with COVID-19
Added 2022
Specifically finding herself in charge even though she didn’t think she was.
From “The Premonition: A Pandemic Story” by Michael Lewis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_Dean