Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think
By: Andy Norman
3.49
Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. No One Cares About Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America
By: Ron Powers
3.87
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
New York Times-bestselling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the… read more
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"The mentally ill people in our lives, as they strive to build healthy, well-supported, and rewarding lives for themselves, can show us all how to reconnect with the most primal of human urges, the ur…"-Ron Powers, No One Cares About Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America
"...I have sometimes imagined my own sanity as resting on the surface of a membrane, a thin and fragile membrane that can easily be ripped open, plunging me into the abyss of madness, where I join the…"-Ron Powers, No One Cares About Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America
"The future will be decided in a thousand American urban neighborhoods and suburban conference centers and small-town church basements and library meeting rooms and rural kitchens... The future of men…"-Ron Powers, No One Cares About Crazy People: The Chaos and Heartbreak of Mental Health in America
2. The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters
By: Tom Nichols
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The rise of the internet and other technology has made information more easily-accessible than ever… read more
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- politics
- psychology
- philosophy
- nonfiction
- education
- science
3. American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
By: Colin Woodard
4.56
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
An illuminating history of North America's eleven rival cultural regions that explodes the red stat… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
4. The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
By: Philip G. Zimbardo
3.78
Format: 80 pages, Hardcover
Renowned social psychologist and creator of the "Stanford Prison Experiment," Philip Zimbardo explo… read more
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5. Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility
By: James P. Carse
3.51
Format: None pages,
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6. How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion
By: David McRaney
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this lively journey through human psychology, bestselling author and creator of the You Are Not … read more
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"I couldn’t shake the idea that I, too, was probably one conversation away from changing my own mind about something, maybe a lot of things. But I also recalled how many conversations I’d had that onl…"-David McRaney, How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion
"Before scientists began researching the Leadership LAB’s technique, few studies supported the possibility that campaigns could change voters’ views on polarized, partisan, politically controversial i…"-David McRaney, How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion
7. 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
8. Being You: A New Science of Consciousness
By: Anil Seth
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Being You is not as simple as it sounds. Somehow, within each of our brains, billions of neurons wo… read more
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9. Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
By: Ryan Holiday
4.28
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In his New York Times bestselling book Courage is Calling, author Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case … read more
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"We must master ourselves unless we'd prefer to be mastered by someone or something else."-Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
"We must practice temperance now, in times of plenty, because none of us know what the future holds- only that plenty never lasts."-Ryan Holiday, Discipline Is Destiny: The Power of Self-Control
10. Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away
By: Annie Duke
4.18
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Thinking in Bets comes a toolkit for mastering the skill of quitting… read more
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11. Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
By: Ryan Holiday
4.04
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
The instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller! Ryan Holiday's best… read more
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"Start small...on something big."-Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
"You can also commit injustice by doing nothing."-Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
"History is written with blood, sweat, and tears, and it is etched into eternity by the quiet endurance of courageous people."-Ryan Holiday, Courage Is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave
12. 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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"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
13. A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
By: Jeff Hawkins
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An author, neuroscientist, and computer engineer unveils a theory of intelligence, of understanding… read more
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"To avoid hallucinating, the brain needs to keep its predictions separate from reality."-Jeff Hawkins, A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
"Unlike species which often disappear as new ones appear, the brain evolved by adding new parts on top of the older parts."-Jeff Hawkins, A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
"It is human nature - aka old brain - to suspect everyone wants to steal your idea, where the reality is that you are lucky if anyone cares about your idea at all."-Jeff Hawkins, A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
"Reference frames in the old brain learn maps of environments. Reference frames in the what columns of the neocortex learn maps of physical objects. Reference frames in the where columns of the neocor…"-Jeff Hawkins, A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
14. How Big Things Get Done: The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between
By: Bent Flyvbjerg
4.32
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The secrets to successfully planning and delivering projects on any scale—from home renovation to s… read more
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15. Rationality
By: Steven Pinker
3.85
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 In Rationality, Pinker rejects the cynical cliché that humans are … read more
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"Everyone wants someone to help but prefers that it not be them."-Steven Pinker, Rationality
"If contemporary humans seem irrational, don't blame the hunter-gatherers."-Steven Pinker, Rationality
"The press is an availability machine. It serves up anecdotes which feed our impression of what's common in a way that is guaranteed to mislead."-Steven Pinker, Rationality
"Disagreement is necessary in deliberations among mortals. As the saying goes, the more we disagree, the more chance there is that at least one of us is right."-Steven Pinker, Rationality
16. Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way
By: Kieran Setiya
3.58
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
A NEW YORKER AND THE ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF 2022" Life Is Hard is a humane consolation for challeng… read more
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17. If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity
By: Justin Gregg
3.88
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
“A dazzling, delightful read on what animal cognition can teach us about our own mental shortcoming… read more
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18. Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think
By: Andy Norman
3.49
Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition
Why do people reject science and believe online conspiracy theories? How are people radicalized onl… read more
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19. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
By: John Ganz
4.23
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more
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20. The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life
By: Gad Saad
3.72
Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition
The Quest for Happiness Is a Universal Fact.It is a scientific fact, which means we can measure hap… read more
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"When people of color violate edicts of progressive orthodoxy, they become white supremacists. Obviously."-Gad Saad, The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life
"Competition is part of life, and with competition comes the constant reality that one might be rejected or defeated."-Gad Saad, The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life
"Choosing a job that is in demand but is a bad fit makes it much more likely that you will experience an existential midlife crisis."-Gad Saad, The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life
"To be a maximally happy human is to immerse oneself in perpetual play across countless life domains. Life is too serious not to play."-Gad Saad, The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life
21. The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness
By: Rhonda Magee
4.18
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An essential mindfulness and compassion-based approach to confront racial injustice and work toward… read more
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