In other words, buy a book and save a life. Your $20 portion of the proceeds go towards eradicating a horrible cascading disease than CAN be eradicated for the most part. The disease cascades because when someone is infected with malaria they lose energy and ambition and tend not to do the things that would prevent others from getting the disease, so the harm spirals on. The good news is that inexpensive things like mosquito bed nets can help prevent malaria, supplying energy to keep improving conditions and thus saving many lives over time. So ending malaria even for one person amplifies a virtuous circle. And if you buy a copy of this book you'll buy a bed net and help save some lives. Simple as that. Getting rid of malaria is something we have to do. I contributed an essay for the book called "What you don't have to do." It's a bit of advice that I've gained over the years about finding my role in the world. Maybe you'll find it useful too. There's scores of other essays by a lot of other interesting people and advice givers, from Dan Pink to Tom Peters. The book is only part of a campaign to end malaria. Many of the contributors, including me, made an audio recording, available for listening here . But what about the actual book, published by the Domino Project, working for free? It's pretty good, full of hard-earned wisdom. My piece follows. If you like you'll