History

“Ray does an astounding job of giving us an inspiring and thought-provoking experience by looking at the rises and declines of empires, showing how economics, culture, military prowess, innovation, inequality, and other elements interact. He leaves us with an improved perspective for thinking about very vexing issues such as the state of America versus China.”

“If you haven't already, read: Tripping Over the Truth... It is a great review of the history of Cancer. It concludes that the reason for the failed war against cancer stems from a flawed paradigm that categorizes cancer as an exclusively genetic disease and explores therapies born from the emerging metabolic theory of cancer.”

“If I were to recommend a book that everyone in modern society should read, it's Stephen Jay Gould's The Mismeasure of Man (1981). It highlights all the ways humans in power have measured other humans, with the intent to subjugate, disenfranchise, or exterminate 'undesirables' in society.”

“It’s a fantastic book... It was so sad and so gripping and so riveting. We all know that a lot of horrific things happened in the time where the settlers started making their way across the plains and headed west, but God you just did such a fantastic job of sort of bringing it to life.”

“I re-read from time to time T. E. Lawrence's 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom,' an exquisite lyric of derring-do, the navigation of strange places and the imaginative ruses of a peculiar character. It has to be the best book ever written about leading people from atop a camel.”