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and the answer might be simply that
my mind was on something else.
"Ask me about the calcium channels
in my brain that drive remembering
or forgetting and you're asking a much
harder question:"
Through many intriguing anec-
dotes, Kluger demonstrates predict-
able patterns of human behavior,
addressing questions like why it takes
so long for a crowd to leave a burning
building, how institutions can be seen
as a series of nesting dolls, why people
aren't very good at distinguishing
between risks likely to kill them and
those that are statistical long shots
and why a baby is likely to be the best
linguist in the room.
In his chapter on global health con-
cerns — titled "Why are only 10 per-
cent of the world's medical resources
used to treat 90 percent of its ills?"
— he discusses the effectiveness of
many low-cost micro-solutions in bat-
tling global poverty and disease that
are not at all complicated, as govern-
mental agencies might believe.
Kluger emphasizes the importance
of teaching behavioral skills on the
local level, creating distribution net-
works for delivery of existing cures or
vaccines, and establishing mico-credit
banking institutions to get money
directly to the people who need it
most.
With wisdom borne of flexibil-
ity, precision and planning, positive
change is truly possible. He mentions
an international foundation that
bought new and used ambulances,
refrigerated trucks and motorcycles
for local health agencies in Africa, cre-
ating a motorized medical fleet where
none had existed before, servicing
great stretches of several countries; it
has slashed mortality rates for certain
diseases.
"Our deep sense that this is an
effort we not only could be making
but should be making comes from a
place that might, ultimately, be one of
the most uncomplicated parts of us:
our simple sense of compassion:' he
writes.
Kluger doesn't cover religion, but
notes that a consideration of the topic
might have been an additional chapter
in the book.
"Religion is exceedingly compli-
cated as long as it is not used blindly,
not as a simple, rigid adherence to
doctrine," he says. "Fanaticism is very
simple. No matter how long the text,
the fact is if you take it literally, you
don't bring anything to the party."
He adds, "The Bible is moral soft-
ware, whether you're a believer or you
don't believe. The fact is, you have a
responsibility to bring something to it
— judgments, wisdom, compassion:'
As for government, he notes, "The
U.S. Constitution is a marvel of
economy. But in 200 years of Supreme
Court decisions, simplicity allows for
complexity;' he says, pointing out that
the Talmud is similarly simple and
complex.
Kluger, 54, who covers science and
social issues, is the author of several
books, including Apollo 13, writ-
ten with astronaut Jim Lovell, upon
which the 1995 movie was based. He
also penned a novel for young adults,
Nacky Patcher and the Curse of the
Dry-Land Boats.
Writing is a Kluger family tradition.
He has Pulitzer Prize winners on both
sides of the family: the historian and
journalist Richard Kluger is an uncle,
and poet Karl Shapiro is a cousin. His
three brothers also are writers.
While he has been covering sci-
ence for Time for many years, Kluger
humbly claims that he is unqualified.
His own training is in law, although he
hasn't practiced as an attorney.
"I don't have a science background
that goes beyond curiosity and abid-
ing fascination. I've always said that
vice can be spun into a virtue. I never
make the mistake of presuming
knowledge on the part of the reader:"
Kluger, who lives on the Upper East
Side of Manhattan with his wife and
two young daughters, says he feels a
deep cultural connection to American
Judaism. The family belongs to
the Temple of Universal Judaism, a
Reform congregation that's suited to
its multicultural home, he explains.
"You miss the whole world if you're
not willing to crack things open and
look at the complexity in simplicity;'
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