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I enjoyed reading these short essays; Lewis Thomas makes some insightful observations about human society, medicine, language, and the conduct of science, among other things. Because I found it difficult to read more than a small handful per day, I spread it out over a month, dipping in between other books. If there is any primary concept in his thinking, it would be the view of human society and natural biosystems as superorganisms - just as cells are individual organisms cooperating within our
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