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On the Nightstand On the Nightstand features a member of the Logan community and a book they are currently, or recently completed, reading. In this issue of The Tower, we spoke with Dr. Clay McDonald, president of Logan University.
What are you currently reading? The newly named Alumni & Friends House serves as Logan’s “home” for both Postgraduate and Institutional Advancement ... page 9
What is it about?
Features 4
Living the Vision: The Power of Choice
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New Hope for Disabled Patients
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Dr. Jon Carlson: Practicing Chiropractic Integration
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Sports Chiropractic Takes Logan Faculty Member to Israel’s Maccabiah Games
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Presidential Inauguration of Dr. Clay McDonald
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Life Beyond Logan
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Transforming Chiropractic Through Research
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Under the Tower: Student, Faculty, Staff News
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2013 Doctor of Chiropractic Graduates
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Dr. Andrew T. Murray: The Last of the First
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Postgraduate Seminar Schedule
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I just finished reading Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler.
There are so many books about how bleak our future is, and this is a book about why it is not. It’s not about denial—it recognizes global warming, the downturn in the economy, depleting resources and lack of health care; but it’s written from the point of view that mankind has historically overcome these challenges through the role of both low and high technology. From the use of smartphones for health care in rural populations to desalinating water, the book offers real-world solutions that aren’t overly optimistic or pessimistic. It’s a very well-written, well-referenced and uplifting book from a few futurists that take a more global, holistic look at what’s next.
Are there any take-aways from this book that could be applied to chiropractic? Yes. Chiropractic is a low-technology health care. In third-world countries, musculoskeletal pain is just as rampant as it is in the United States. Here, it’s from deconditioning; there, it’s from lifestyle, nutritional deficiencies and hard labor. Chiropractic plays a very critical role, and books such as Abundance identify with that. We’re so focused on failures and overwhelmed by the challenges we face, be it health care or the economy. The fact is, people live longer here in the U.S., and we have better health care; but often, we don’t see that. We look obsessively for the sensationalism and failure. It’s important to get a different perspective on what’s going on around us.