Sublime

When a child is in the red, with the sympathetic nervous system in full force, the middle ear muscles shift away from distinguishing the nuances of human voices, to hearing low-frequency and predatory sounds.

His journey was guided by his extraordinary intelligence, his parents, his teachers at the Ethical Culture School,

Watching Roger evangelize with his usual gusto about “the most important invention in history since the Internet,” Charlie said to the others, with

the role of the parent is to teach and help the child to cope with unpredictable circumstances and events.”

Biomedical devices are often connected loosely to protect a patient. A pulse oximeter, used to detect blood oxygenation, is connected to a patient’s finger with deliberate weakness, preventing injury should someone trip over the cable. The clips that hold lobster traps together are designed to corrode after one fishing season. When traps are lost

listened to instructions carefully,

The trip was instant education—sufficient, at least, to enable me to tell my story to other generalists like myself.