-Is Simon Klebanor a Jew? He certainly prefers to be
-Simon's niche: helping young people wake up from sleep walking through life
-Ted Kennedy let Natalie Wood asphyxiate in a car under water after driving off a bridge
-Catastrophic car accident led him to change course in life
-In waking up out of his coma he realizes what distinguishes between people and animals is the ability to operate by choice
-Stages of physical recovery
-Getting addicted to pot at the age of 50, getting clean 15 years later
-Brooks gives Izzy full credit
-Quaden Bayles: a young dwarf whom Brooks Gibbs helped out of victimhood
-Landmark education: a technology
-The difference between choosing a major when you're fresh out high school and when you're faced with supporting yourself
-The Israel-Hamas war- almost impossible for Israel to win
-Brooks helps Izzy get the message out
-Jolie: watched Nad doctor deliver a baby and drown it right after; she still lived a good life
-Miles Briggs Personality Inventory
