technicat@bookwyrm.social reviewed Better by Atul Gawande
fascinating discussion on improving surgical practices, possibly applicable to fields (including software, I'm not kidding)
5 stars
I read the author's Pulitzer Prize winning book Being Mortal and found this work similarly fascinating, and probably with lessons applicable to other fields on how to systematically improve practices. Of course the stakes are high in medicine, in particular, surgery, so the message is more compelling delivered with the author's humility and honest self-doubt (not something you often see doctors express).
