The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills
By: Jesse Singal
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An investigative journalist exposes the many holes in today's bestselling behavioral science, and a…
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1. Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
By: Elliot Aronson , Carol Tavris
4.29
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable … read more
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2. Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science
By: Alice Domurat Dreger
3.50
Format: 240 pages,
Galileo's Middle Fingeris one American's eye-opening story of life in the trenches of scientific co… read more
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3. The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
By: Ayn Rand , Nathaniel Branden
4.14
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Ayn Randhere sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, the philosophy that holds human life--… read more
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4. Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion
By: Paul Bloom
4.00
Format: 231 pages, Hardcover
New York Post Best Book of 2016 We often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of other… read more
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5. 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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"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
6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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"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
9. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
By: Abigail Shrier
4.06
Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition
In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more
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"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
10. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History
By: Nellie Bowles
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more
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11. 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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"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
12. 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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"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
13. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
By: Bill Maher
4.27
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more
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14. Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture
By: Kyle Chayka
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition
A history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture it… read more
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15. 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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16. The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation
By: Cathy O'Neil
3.39
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A clear-eyed warning about the increasingly destructive influence of America’s “shame industrial co… read more
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17. Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System
By: Ryan J. Reilly
3.95
Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition
The January 6th attack is an unprecedented crime in American history. Sprawling and openly politica… read more
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18. The Quick Fix: Why Fad Psychology Can't Cure Our Social Ills
By: Jesse Singal
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An investigative journalist exposes the many holes in today's bestselling behavioral science, and a… read more
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19. Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline
By: Darrell Bricker
3.84
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the authors of the bestselling The Big Shift, a provocative argument that the global populatio… read more
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20. Science Fictions
By: Stuart Ritchie
4.37
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A major exposé that reveals the absurd and shocking problems that pervade and undermine contemporar… read more
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"Another example of educational hype is in some ways the second coming of the growth mindset concept: ‘grit’. This is the idea, promoted by the psychologist Angela Duckworth , that the ability to stic…"-Stuart Ritchie, Science Fictions
21. The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale
By: John A. List
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A leading economist answers one of today’s trickiest questions: Why do some great ideas make it big… read more
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"Scaling a solution that saves or improves the lives of eight-year-olds instead of eighty-year-olds has a bigger cumulative impact over time and thus arguably calls for a larger slice of the budget."-John A. List, The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale
"We are reluctant to quit things because we want to avoid the resulting heartbreak. The pain of failure is magnified by the sunk costs: all the time and effort and emotion you have already invested."-John A. List, The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale
"When resources are limited, if you’re not getting the most out of every last dollar spent, the opportunity cost includes the additional impact your dollars could have had if allocated more effectively"-John A. List, The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale
