Introduction: Lost in translation -- Part one. It tolls for thee no more: The first survivors tell their own stories -- Kristin's story: Zero is far from nothing -- Deborah's story: My father's daughter -- Edward's story: Outdistancing Alzheimer's -- Macy's story: Disaster relief -- Sally's story: A failed trial -- Frank's story: Señor moments -- Julie's story: Good luck with that -- Part two. Toward a world of survivors -- Questions and pushback: Resistance training -- Misconceptions and misperceptions: Digging in our heals -- Quantified self and the reversal of cognitive decline -- Adaptation, application: Might other diseases respond? -- Gums, germs, and steal: A pandemic twofer -- Enhancing 'Normal' cognition: Be all you can be -- The revolution will not be televised (or reimbursed)