Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
By: Paul Bloom
4.15
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read A compelling and accessible new perspective on the modern science…
Want to Read $ 12.99"If you’re looking for a word to refer to the process of coming to know things through exposure to the right sort of information in the environment, I’d recommend “learning."-Paul Bloom, Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
"If you’re looking for a word to refer to the process of coming to know things through exposure to the right sort of information in the environment, I’d recommend “learning."-Paul Bloom, Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
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1. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
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- philosophy
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"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
2. A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains
By: Max Solomon Bennett
4.46
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Equal parts Sapiens , Behave, and Superintelligence , but wholly original in scope, A Brief History… read more
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- neuroscience
- nonfiction
- psychology
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3. The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time
By: Yascha Mounk
4.08
Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition
One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and soci… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- psychology
- audiobook
4. Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
By: Brian Klaas
4.13
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
Want to know what chaos theory can teach us about human events? In the perspective-altering traditi… read more
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- audiobook
- science
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- self help
5. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
By: Charles Duhigg
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more
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- self help
"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
6. The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
By: Greg Lukianoff
3.93
Format: 432 pages, ebook
A timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-ne… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- psychology
- audiobook
"Mistakes abound when groupthink goes unchallenged."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
"There is nothing about standing up for an underdog (or simply claiming to be) that means you're right."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
7. Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters
By: Charan Ranganath
3.95
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Memory is far more than a record of the past. In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, on… read more
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- audiobook
- science
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- brain
- nonfiction
- self help
8. I've Been Thinking
By: Daniel C. Dennett
3.76
Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition
"How unfair for one man to be blessed with such a torrent of stimulating thoughts. Stimulating is a… read more
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- philosophy
- neuroscience
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- audiobook
9. Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality
By: David Edmonds
4.26
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein’s Poker , an entertaining and illuminating biography … read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- audiobook
10. Magic Words
By: Jonah Berger
3.90
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB 'MUST-READ' New York Times bestselling author Jonah Berger’s cutting-edge rese… read more
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- self help
- nonfiction
- psychology
- audiobook
11. Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
By: Dan Ariely
3.92
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
“In this thoughtful, moving, and well-written book, Dan Ariely narrates his personal and profession… read more
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- audiobook
- science
- psychology
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- self help
"A higher level of income inequality in our community can fray our sense of social trust."-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
"How can science - which is slow and methodical, providing only an occasional breakthrough - compete with creative minds unfettered by facts?"-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
"Would you enthusiastically recommend that a friend purchase something you'd never tested yourself? Probably not. But you may be unwittingly doing this with information every day."-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
"[M]isbelief is enormously engaging and even fun for those who become deeply involved in its cleverly constructed alternate worlds. People who work in the gaming industry have drawn striking parallels…"-Dan Ariely, Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
12. Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
By: Paul Bloom
4.15
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read A compelling and accessible new perspective on the modern science… read more
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- audiobook
- science
- health
- psychology
- mental health
- philosophy
- neuroscience
- brain
- nonfiction
- self help
"If you’re looking for a word to refer to the process of coming to know things through exposure to the right sort of information in the environment, I’d recommend “learning."-Paul Bloom, Psych: The Story of the Human Mind
13. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
By: Coleman Hughes
4.46
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America
14. What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies
By: Tim Urban
4.28
Format: 746 pages, Kindle Edition
From the creator of the wildly popular blog Wait But Why, a fun and fascinating deep dive into what… read more
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- audiobook
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- self help
"The Scientist’s clear mind sees a foggy world, full of complexity and nuance and messiness, the Zealot’s foggy mind shows them a clear, simple world, full of crisp lines and black-and-white distincti…"-Tim Urban, What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies
15. Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There
By: Tali Sharot
3.69
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Thinking Fast and Slow and The Power of Habit , a groundbreaking new study of how disru… read more
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- psychology
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- self help
16. The World Behind the World: Consciousness, Free Will, and the Limits of Science
By: Erik Hoel
3.68
Format: 256 pages, ebook
A fascinating exploration into how the brain creates our conscious experiences—potentially revoluti… read more
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- psychology
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- neuroscience
- brain
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- audiobook
17. Nobody's Fool: Why We Get Taken In and What We Can Do about It
By: Daniel Simons
3.91
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Two New York Times-bestselling psychologists explain the science of cons—and how we can avoid them … read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- audiobook
18. Being Human: How Our Biology Shaped World History
By: Lewis Dartnell
4.02
Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition
Being Human is history made flesh. Our biology will change how you see the world. 'Illuminating'… read more
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- science
19. The Experience Machine
By: Andy Clark
3.93
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A grand new vision of cognitive science that explains how our minds build our worldsFor as long as … read more
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- psychology
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- neuroscience
- brain
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. Selfless: The Social Creation of “You”
By: Brian Lowery
3.78
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Social psychologist and Stanford professor Brian Lowery presents a provocative, powerful theory of … read more
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- psychology
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- nonfiction
- self help
21. Mixed Signals: How Incentives Really Work
By: Uri Gneezy
4.00
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An informative and entertaining account of how actions send signals that shape behaviors and how to… read more
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