Carney's Death on Diamond Mountain covers far more ground than the death of Ian Thorson; it's a sweeping look at Western adoption (often cafeteria style) of some extreme Eastern spiritual practices without concern for the potential dangers. Scott Carney has done a fine job of researching and telli...
Carney's a working journalist who is currently asking questions that other writers seem willing to ignore (chiefly, "Are freelance writers getting paid enough for their effort?").This guide touches on that question, but is essentially an insider's guide to navigating the sometimes byzantine freelanc...
I wouldn't call it a fun read, not like Mary Roach's Stiff, but it is significant. Someone has to think about where bodies and their parts come from, and how best to limit coercion. And really, as long as there is money to be made, from selling blood, from international adoption fees, from skeletons...
An interesting book, but I think Carney bit off more than he could chew. The topic was so vast, it was almost like he didn't have a topic, just a bunch of briefly covered topics. However, it was informative.
Makes you think about the haves and have-nots and the direcions our society is heading. Will we in the western world continue to allow the third world to be exploited for every resource available-up to and including their bodies and all the parts contained therein for our own benefit.
Makes you think about the haves and have-nots and the direcions our society is heading. Will we in the western world continue to allow the third world to be exploited for every resource available-up to and including their bodies and all the parts contained therein for our own benefit.
UPDATED - 7/17/12 - see link at bottomHow can I sell thee? Let me count the ways. Actually, I don’t need to. In The Red Market investigative journalist Scott Carney seems to have taken care of that. He covers the wealth of ways in which business people in the people business sell parts of people to ...
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