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Books like Everyday Survival

Deep Survival
by Laurence Gonzales • 1998
Gear doesn't save you. Skills don't save you. The brain does, or it doesn't.
3.94
15k+
🧠 Survival Psychology🔍 Cognitive Biases🏔️ Extreme Environments⚠️ Risk Perception🌪️ Disaster Psychology
Deep Survival Summary
Deep Survival 96%
Gear doesn't save you. Skills don't save you. The brain does, or it doesn't.
by Laurence Gonzales 1998
3.94
15k+ ratings
🧠 Survival Psychology🔍 Cognitive Biases🏔️ Extreme Environments⚠️ Risk Perception🌪️ Disaster Psychology
The Age of Magical Overthinking
by Amanda Montell • 2024
Your brain mistakes repetition for truth, confidence for skill, and the present for a crisis.
3.42
31k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🪞 Self-Deception📱 Information Overload📊 Behavioral Economics
The Age of Magical Overthinking Summary
The Age of Magical Overthinking 95%
Your brain mistakes repetition for truth, confidence for skill, and the present for a crisis.
by Amanda Montell 2024
3.42
31k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🪞 Self-Deception📱 Information Overload📊 Behavioral Economics
Kluge
by Gary F. Marcus • 2008
Your brain is an evolutionary patch job: why you forget, misjudge, and chase empty pleasures.
3.83
2k+
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch💭 Memory Fallibility🏗️ Mental Architecture
Kluge Summary
Kluge 95%
Your brain is an evolutionary patch job: why you forget, misjudge, and chase empty pleasures.
by Gary F. Marcus 2008
3.83
2k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch💭 Memory Fallibility🏗️ Mental Architecture
The Hidden Brain
by Shankar Vedantam • 2009
Your unconscious picks presidents, sentences criminals, and spawns terrorists without your consent.
3.99
3k+
🧠 Unconscious Bias🤔 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Dynamics🧨 Radicalization
The Hidden Brain Summary
The Hidden Brain 95%
Your unconscious picks presidents, sentences criminals, and spawns terrorists without your consent.
by Shankar Vedantam 2009
3.99
3k+ ratings
🧠 Unconscious Bias🤔 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Dynamics🧨 Radicalization
Supernormal Stimuli
by Deirdre Barrett • 2010
Giant fake eggs fool geese. Junk food, screens, and porn pull the same trick on you.
3.69
391
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch🎣 Instinct Hijacking🍔 Consumption And Craving📺 Media Effects
Supernormal Stimuli Summary
Supernormal Stimuli 95%
Giant fake eggs fool geese. Junk food, screens, and porn pull the same trick on you.
by Deirdre Barrett 2010
3.69
391 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch🎣 Instinct Hijacking🍔 Consumption And Craving📺 Media Effects
Mindware
by Richard E. Nisbett • 2015
You don't perceive reality. You construct it, using mental shortcuts you never knew you had.
3.75
2k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧩 Mental Models💰 Behavioral Economics⚖️ Decision Science🌏 Cultural Psychology
Mindware Summary
Mindware 95%
You don't perceive reality. You construct it, using mental shortcuts you never knew you had.
by Richard E. Nisbett 2015
3.75
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧩 Mental Models💰 Behavioral Economics⚖️ Decision Science🌏 Cultural Psychology
Subliminal
by Leonard Mlodinow • 2012
The unconscious builds reality, distorts memory, and chooses your friends. You just take the credit.
4.05
14k+
🧠 Cognitive Psychology🌊 Unconscious Processing⚖️ Cognitive Biases🏗️ Constructed Reality🤝 Social Cognition
Subliminal Summary
Subliminal 95%
The unconscious builds reality, distorts memory, and chooses your friends. You just take the credit.
by Leonard Mlodinow 2012
4.05
14k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Psychology🌊 Unconscious Processing⚖️ Cognitive Biases🏗️ Constructed Reality🤝 Social Cognition
Solving Modern Problems With a Stone-Age Brain
by Douglas T. Kenrick • 2022
Your brain is built for the Stone Age; the modern world has learned every button to push.
3.83
46
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🪨 Modern Mismatch🧱 Environment Design🤝 Friendship Science👑 Status Seeking
Solving Modern Problems With a Stone-Age Brain Summary
Solving Modern Problems With a Stone-Age Brain 95%
Your brain is built for the Stone Age; the modern world has learned every button to push.
by Douglas T. Kenrick 2022
3.83
46 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🪨 Modern Mismatch🧱 Environment Design🤝 Friendship Science👑 Status Seeking
Brain Bugs
by Dean Buonomano • 2011
Phantom limbs, false memories, irrational fears: the flaws evolution built into your brain.
3.80
3k+
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases📝 Memory Flaws🔄 Neural Plasticity👁️ Perceptual Illusions
Brain Bugs Summary
Brain Bugs 95%
Phantom limbs, false memories, irrational fears: the flaws evolution built into your brain.
by Dean Buonomano 2011
3.80
3k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases📝 Memory Flaws🔄 Neural Plasticity👁️ Perceptual Illusions
The Unthinkable
by Amanda Ripley • 2008
Why you won't panic in a disaster, and what your brain will do instead.
4.19
10k+
🌪️ Disaster Psychology⚖️ Risk Perception👥 Collective Behavior🩹 Trauma And Resilience🧠 Fear And The Brain
The Unthinkable Summary
The Unthinkable 95%
Why you won't panic in a disaster, and what your brain will do instead.
by Amanda Ripley 2008
4.19
10k+ ratings
🌪️ Disaster Psychology⚖️ Risk Perception👥 Collective Behavior🩹 Trauma And Resilience🧠 Fear And The Brain
Black and White Thinking
by Kevin Dutton • 2021
Your brain sorts the world into two piles. It saved your ancestors. It sabotages you.
3.57
489
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🏷️ Categorical Thinking🖼️ Framing Effects⚡ Polarization
Black and White Thinking Summary
Black and White Thinking 94%
Your brain sorts the world into two piles. It saved your ancestors. It sabotages you.
by Kevin Dutton 2021
3.57
489 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🏷️ Categorical Thinking🖼️ Framing Effects⚡ Polarization
Split-Second Persuasion
by Kevin Dutton • 2009
Influence is decided in an instant. Five learnable elements control that verdict.
3.66
2k+
🌀 Social Influence🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🔬 Behavioral Science🕶️ Dark Psychology
Split-Second Persuasion Summary
Split-Second Persuasion 94%
Influence is decided in an instant. Five learnable elements control that verdict.
by Kevin Dutton 2009
3.66
2k+ ratings
🌀 Social Influence🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🔬 Behavioral Science🕶️ Dark Psychology
Az elvek csapodár természete
by Mérő László • 2008
Reason depends on emotion. Logic has limits. A psychologist's case for pragmatism over purity.
4.25
61
🧠 Cognitive Biases🎯 Game Theory🧬 Cultural Evolution📚 History Of Science🎭 Emotion And Reason
Az elvek csapodár természete Summary
Az elvek csapodár természete 94%
Reason depends on emotion. Logic has limits. A psychologist's case for pragmatism over purity.
by Mérő László 2008
4.25
61 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🎯 Game Theory🧬 Cultural Evolution📚 History Of Science🎭 Emotion And Reason
Before You Know It
by John A. Bargh • 2017
Your unconscious runs your life. Willpower is the worst way to fight it.
4.02
2k+
🧠 Unconscious Mind👥 Social Psychology⚖️ Dual Process Theory🔥 Embodied Cognition🌍 Cultural Conditioning
Before You Know It Summary
Before You Know It 94%
Your unconscious runs your life. Willpower is the worst way to fight it.
by John A. Bargh 2017
4.02
2k+ ratings
🧠 Unconscious Mind👥 Social Psychology⚖️ Dual Process Theory🔥 Embodied Cognition🌍 Cultural Conditioning
The Social Leap
by William Von Hippel • 2018
We're savannah apes in skyscrapers: cooperative, self-deceiving, and never satisfied for long.
4.23
2k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Human Evolution👥 Social Cognition🎭 Self-Deception🦚 Sexual Selection
The Social Leap Summary
The Social Leap 94%
We're savannah apes in skyscrapers: cooperative, self-deceiving, and never satisfied for long.
by William Von Hippel 2018
4.23
2k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧬 Human Evolution👥 Social Cognition🎭 Self-Deception🦚 Sexual Selection
Mean Genes
by Terry Burnham • 2000
Overeating, overspending, cheating: your genes want all three. The science of overriding them.
3.85
1k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology💰 Behavioral Economics😊 Hedonic Adaptation🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch🎲 Risk Perception
Mean Genes Summary
Mean Genes 94%
Overeating, overspending, cheating: your genes want all three. The science of overriding them.
by Terry Burnham 2000
3.85
1k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology💰 Behavioral Economics😊 Hedonic Adaptation🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch🎲 Risk Perception
Irrationality
by Stuart Sutherland • 1992
Predictable mental errors everyone makes, from overconfidence to throwing good money after bad.
3.91
2k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔍 Decision Science📊 Statistical Thinking👥 Social Conformity🎭 Emotional Biases
Irrationality Summary
Irrationality 94%
Predictable mental errors everyone makes, from overconfidence to throwing good money after bad.
by Stuart Sutherland 1992
3.91
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔍 Decision Science📊 Statistical Thinking👥 Social Conformity🎭 Emotional Biases
Twilight of American Sanity
by Allen Frances • 2016
Trump is just a symptom. The real disorder is a Stone Age mind steering a technological superpower.
3.60
287
🧠 Political Psychology🔍 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch🌍 Climate Denial🌱 Sustainability
Twilight of American Sanity Summary
Twilight of American Sanity 94%
Trump is just a symptom. The real disorder is a Stone Age mind steering a technological superpower.
by Allen Frances 2016
3.60
287 ratings
🧠 Political Psychology🔍 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch🌍 Climate Denial🌱 Sustainability
Useful Delusions
by Shankar Vedantam • 2021
Self-deception isn't a flaw. It's what holds relationships, nations, and economies together.
3.84
2k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🪞 Self-Deception🛒 Consumer Psychology⛪ Psychology Of Religion
Useful Delusions Summary
Useful Delusions 94%
Self-deception isn't a flaw. It's what holds relationships, nations, and economies together.
by Shankar Vedantam 2021
3.84
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🪞 Self-Deception🛒 Consumer Psychology⛪ Psychology Of Religion
How To Find a Black Cat in a Dark Room
by Jacob Burak • 2013
The hidden rules of trust, rivalry, and happiness that your brain follows without your permission.
3.61
74
🧠 Behavioral Psychology🔍 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology📊 Behavioral Economics😊 Happiness Research
How To Find a Black Cat in a Dark Room Summary
How To Find a Black Cat in a Dark Room 94%
The hidden rules of trust, rivalry, and happiness that your brain follows without your permission.
by Jacob Burak 2013
3.61
74 ratings
🧠 Behavioral Psychology🔍 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology📊 Behavioral Economics😊 Happiness Research
You Are Not So Smart
by David McRaney • 2011
Your brain is a self-justifying storyteller, and it's hiding the evidence from you.
3.86
36k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🎭 Self-Delusion⚡ Heuristics🧩 Memory Fallibility
You Are Not So Smart Summary
You Are Not So Smart 94%
Your brain is a self-justifying storyteller, and it's hiding the evidence from you.
by David McRaney 2011
3.86
36k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases👥 Social Psychology🎭 Self-Delusion⚡ Heuristics🧩 Memory Fallibility
What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite
by David DiSalvo • 2011
Your brain favors certainty, shortcuts, and approval. The biases to catch and the override rules.
3.83
4k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases📉 Behavioral Economics🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⏳ Delayed Gratification🎮 Self-Control
What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite Summary
What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite 94%
Your brain favors certainty, shortcuts, and approval. The biases to catch and the override rules.
by David DiSalvo 2011
3.83
4k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📉 Behavioral Economics🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⏳ Delayed Gratification🎮 Self-Control
A Mind of Its Own
by Cordelia Fine • 2005
Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.
3.86
3k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤥 Self-Deception⚖️ Moral Psychology📊 Decision Science🤔 Motivated Reasoning
A Mind of Its Own Summary
A Mind of Its Own 94%
Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.
by Cordelia Fine 2005
3.86
3k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🤥 Self-Deception⚖️ Moral Psychology📊 Decision Science🤔 Motivated Reasoning
Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life
by Douglas T. Kenrick • 2011
What if your brain is not one self but a committee, and the mating module runs most meetings?
3.56
672
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology💰 Behavioral Economics🧩 Modular Mind🔍 Cognitive Biases💑 Mating Strategies
Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life Summary
Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life 94%
What if your brain is not one self but a committee, and the mating module runs most meetings?
by Douglas T. Kenrick 2011
3.56
672 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology💰 Behavioral Economics🧩 Modular Mind🔍 Cognitive Biases💑 Mating Strategies
Rationality
by Steven Pinker • 2021
How a single mental toolkit built science, law, and democracy, and why it keeps short-circuiting.
3.84
7k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Bayesian Reasoning🎯 Game Theory📈 Statistical Thinking🛡️ Motivated Reasoning
Rationality Summary
Rationality 94%
How a single mental toolkit built science, law, and democracy, and why it keeps short-circuiting.
by Steven Pinker 2021
3.84
7k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Bayesian Reasoning🎯 Game Theory📈 Statistical Thinking🛡️ Motivated Reasoning
Buddhism
by Damien Keown • 1996
Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?
3.74
3k+
📖 Introductory Buddhism☸️ Buddhist Philosophy🛕 Theravada Buddhism🪷 Mahayana Buddhism🧘 Meditation Practice
Buddhism Summary
Buddhism 94%
Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?
by Damien Keown 1996
3.74
3k+ ratings
📖 Introductory Buddhism☸️ Buddhist Philosophy🛕 Theravada Buddhism🪷 Mahayana Buddhism🧘 Meditation Practice
The Knowledge Illusion
by Steven Sloman • 2017
Ask someone to explain a toilet. They can't. That gap powers civilization.
3.84
3k+
🎭 Cognitive Biases🌐 Distributed Cognition👥 Collective Intelligence🤔 Intellectual Humility🤸 Embodied Cognition
The Knowledge Illusion Summary
The Knowledge Illusion 94%
Ask someone to explain a toilet. They can't. That gap powers civilization.
by Steven Sloman 2017
3.84
3k+ ratings
🎭 Cognitive Biases🌐 Distributed Cognition👥 Collective Intelligence🤔 Intellectual Humility🤸 Embodied Cognition
Fluke
by Brian Klaas • 2024
Your brain evolved to hide chance from you. Chaos science reveals what you are missing.
4.06
4k+
🦋 Chaos Theory🔬 Complexity Science🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🎲 Historical Contingency
Fluke Summary
Fluke 94%
Your brain evolved to hide chance from you. Chaos science reveals what you are missing.
by Brian Klaas 2024
4.06
4k+ ratings
🦋 Chaos Theory🔬 Complexity Science🧠 Cognitive Biases🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🎲 Historical Contingency
Traffic
by Tom Vanderbilt • 2008
Remove the signs, roads grow safer. The psychology of why drivers misjudge danger.
3.72
8k+
🧠 Behavioral Economics🚗 Urban Mobility⚠️ Risk Perception🔍 Cognitive Biases🎯 Nudge Theory
Traffic Summary
Traffic 94%
Remove the signs, roads grow safer. The psychology of why drivers misjudge danger.
by Tom Vanderbilt 2008
3.72
8k+ ratings
🧠 Behavioral Economics🚗 Urban Mobility⚠️ Risk Perception🔍 Cognitive Biases🎯 Nudge Theory
The Science of Fear
by Daniel Gardner • 2008
Life has never been safer, but our ancient brains keep us afraid of the wrong things.
3.96
6k+
🎯 Risk Perception🧠 Cognitive Biases😱 Psychology Of Fear💰 Behavioral Economics👥 Social Influence
The Science of Fear Summary
The Science of Fear 94%
Life has never been safer, but our ancient brains keep us afraid of the wrong things.
by Daniel Gardner 2008
3.96
6k+ ratings
🎯 Risk Perception🧠 Cognitive Biases😱 Psychology Of Fear💰 Behavioral Economics👥 Social Influence
The Language Instinct
by Steven Pinker • 1994
Children don't learn language; they reinvent it, driven by grammar etched into the brain.
4.01
23k+
📝 Generative Linguistics👶 Language Acquisition🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⚖️ Nature Vs Nurture🧠 Psycholinguistics
The Language Instinct Summary
The Language Instinct 94%
Children don't learn language; they reinvent it, driven by grammar etched into the brain.
by Steven Pinker 1994
4.01
23k+ ratings
📝 Generative Linguistics👶 Language Acquisition🧬 Evolutionary Psychology⚖️ Nature Vs Nurture🧠 Psycholinguistics
This View of Life
by David Sloan Wilson • 2019
Social Darwinism got Darwin wrong. His real theory: cooperation, not competition, built humanity.
3.96
372
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🌍 Cultural Evolution👥 Group Selection⚡ Evolutionary Mismatch🔄 Systems Thinking
This View of Life Summary
This View of Life 94%
Social Darwinism got Darwin wrong. His real theory: cooperation, not competition, built humanity.
by David Sloan Wilson 2019
3.96
372 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🌍 Cultural Evolution👥 Group Selection⚡ Evolutionary Mismatch🔄 Systems Thinking
The Truth About Trust
by David DeSteno • 2014
Trust isn't a virtue; it's biology. Power, money, or a stressful day can turn anyone into a cheat.
3.74
314
🤝 Social Trust🔗 Cooperation Dynamics💰 Behavioral Economics🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases
The Truth About Trust Summary
The Truth About Trust 94%
Trust isn't a virtue; it's biology. Power, money, or a stressful day can turn anyone into a cheat.
by David DeSteno 2014
3.74
314 ratings
🤝 Social Trust🔗 Cooperation Dynamics💰 Behavioral Economics🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧠 Cognitive Biases
Suspicious Minds
by Rob Brotherton • 2015
Seeing patterns that aren't there once kept us alive. Now it fuels conspiracy theories.
3.87
2k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases🕵️ Conspiracy Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Psychology👥 Social Cognition🤔 Critical Thinking
Suspicious Minds Summary
Suspicious Minds 94%
Seeing patterns that aren't there once kept us alive. Now it fuels conspiracy theories.
by Rob Brotherton 2015
3.87
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🕵️ Conspiracy Psychology🧬 Evolutionary Psychology👥 Social Cognition🤔 Critical Thinking
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters
by Alan S. Miller • 2006
The mating dance, boardroom gambles, and prayer: all driven by a brain built for the savannah.
3.56
2k+
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology💑 Human Mating🦚 Sexual Selection⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch🙏 Psychology Of Religion
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters Summary
Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters 94%
The mating dance, boardroom gambles, and prayer: all driven by a brain built for the savannah.
by Alan S. Miller 2006
3.56
2k+ ratings
🧬 Evolutionary Psychology💑 Human Mating🦚 Sexual Selection⏳ Evolutionary Mismatch🙏 Psychology Of Religion
How Many Friends Does One Person Need?
by Robin I.M. Dunbar • 2010
Your brain can manage about 150 relationships. Gossip, art, and religion are the overflow.
3.50
646
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧩 Cognitive Limits💘 Mate Preferences👁️ Theory Of Mind📜 Cultural Evolution
How Many Friends Does One Person Need? Summary
How Many Friends Does One Person Need? 94%
Your brain can manage about 150 relationships. Gossip, art, and religion are the overflow.
by Robin I.M. Dunbar 2010
3.50
646 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🧩 Cognitive Limits💘 Mate Preferences👁️ Theory Of Mind📜 Cultural Evolution
Don't Believe Everything You Think
by Thomas Kida • 2006
Your brain hunts for stories, ignores stats, and rewrites its memories. Skepticism is the repair.
3.82
853
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Scientific Skepticism💡 Critical Thinking🎲 Probability And Chance🧩 Memory Fallibility
Don't Believe Everything You Think Summary
Don't Believe Everything You Think 94%
Your brain hunts for stories, ignores stats, and rewrites its memories. Skepticism is the repair.
by Thomas Kida 2006
3.82
853 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Scientific Skepticism💡 Critical Thinking🎲 Probability And Chance🧩 Memory Fallibility
Why We Lie
by David Livingstone Smith • 2004
Self-deception is an evolutionary tool: the lies you believe are the ones you sell best.
3.62
260
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🎭 Self-Deception🤥 Deception🗡️ Machiavellian Intelligence🌌 Unconscious Mind
Why We Lie Summary
Why We Lie 94%
Self-deception is an evolutionary tool: the lies you believe are the ones you sell best.
by David Livingstone Smith 2004
3.62
260 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🎭 Self-Deception🤥 Deception🗡️ Machiavellian Intelligence🌌 Unconscious Mind
Psych
by Paul Bloom • 2023
How the mind actually works: a tour from neurons to the biases that steer every decision.
4.14
2k+
🧠 Cognitive Psychology📜 History Of Psychology🪤 Cognitive Biases🌑 Unconscious Mind👶 Child Development
Psych Summary
Psych 93%
How the mind actually works: a tour from neurons to the biases that steer every decision.
by Paul Bloom 2023
4.14
2k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Psychology📜 History Of Psychology🪤 Cognitive Biases🌑 Unconscious Mind👶 Child Development
Why We Make Mistakes
by Joseph T. Hallinan • 2009
Your brain edits reality, rewrites your memories, and is certain you're above average.
3.91
9k+
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics✅ Error Reduction🎯 Attention Management🧩 Memory Fallibility
Why We Make Mistakes Summary
Why We Make Mistakes 93%
Your brain edits reality, rewrites your memories, and is certain you're above average.
by Joseph T. Hallinan 2009
3.91
9k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases📊 Behavioral Economics✅ Error Reduction🎯 Attention Management🧩 Memory Fallibility
Idiot Brain
by Dean Burnett • 2016
Motion sickness, overeating, and anxiety: not glitches but survival instincts from the savannah.
3.97
11k+
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧩 Cognitive Biases📝 Memory Fallibility👁️ Sensory Perception
Idiot Brain Summary
Idiot Brain 93%
Motion sickness, overeating, and anxiety: not glitches but survival instincts from the savannah.
by Dean Burnett 2016
3.97
11k+ ratings
🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience🧬 Evolutionary Psychology🧩 Cognitive Biases📝 Memory Fallibility👁️ Sensory Perception
Consuming Instinct
by Gad Saad • 2011
Your cravings for burgers, Ferraris, and porn all trace back to the same evolutionary wiring.
3.70
755
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🛒 Consumer Psychology📊 Behavioral Economics🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch💋 Sexual Selection
Consuming Instinct Summary
Consuming Instinct 93%
Your cravings for burgers, Ferraris, and porn all trace back to the same evolutionary wiring.
by Gad Saad 2011
3.70
755 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🛒 Consumer Psychology📊 Behavioral Economics🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch💋 Sexual Selection
100 mental models
by Wisdom Theory
Why a hundred borrowed concepts from physics, economics, and psychology beat expertise alone.
4.00
105
🧠 Mental Models🧩 Cognitive Biases🧭 Decision Frameworks🔄 Systems Thinking📉 Behavioral Economics
100 mental models Summary
100 mental models 93%
Why a hundred borrowed concepts from physics, economics, and psychology beat expertise alone.
by Wisdom Theory
4.00
105 ratings
🧠 Mental Models🧩 Cognitive Biases🧭 Decision Frameworks🔄 Systems Thinking📉 Behavioral Economics
Cognitive Gadgets
by Cecilia Heyes • 2018
Imitation and language are not instincts. They are cultural tools, rebuilt in every childhood.
3.75
183
🧠 Cultural Evolution🔬 Cognitive Psychology👶 Cognitive Development👥 Social Learning📖 Cultural Transmission
Cognitive Gadgets Summary
Cognitive Gadgets 93%
Imitation and language are not instincts. They are cultural tools, rebuilt in every childhood.
by Cecilia Heyes 2018
3.75
183 ratings
🧠 Cultural Evolution🔬 Cognitive Psychology👶 Cognitive Development👥 Social Learning📖 Cultural Transmission
The Science of Positivity
by Loretta Graziano Breuning • 2013
Your brain chemicals chase survival, not happiness. Learn their rules to build better circuits.
3.60
519
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology⚗️ Brain Chemistry😟 Negativity Bias🔄 Cognitive Rewiring📊 Social Comparison
The Science of Positivity Summary
The Science of Positivity 93%
Your brain chemicals chase survival, not happiness. Learn their rules to build better circuits.
by Loretta Graziano Breuning 2013
3.60
519 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology⚗️ Brain Chemistry😟 Negativity Bias🔄 Cognitive Rewiring📊 Social Comparison
Framers
by Kenneth Cukier • 2021
AI can't ask 'what if.' That single gap explains why humans remain irreplaceable.
3.53
568
🧠 Mental Models🔬 Decision Science🤖 Human Vs Machine🔗 Causal Reasoning🌐 Cognitive Diversity
Framers Summary
Framers 93%
AI can't ask 'what if.' That single gap explains why humans remain irreplaceable.
by Kenneth Cukier 2021
3.53
568 ratings
🧠 Mental Models🔬 Decision Science🤖 Human Vs Machine🔗 Causal Reasoning🌐 Cognitive Diversity
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking
by Albert Rutherford • 2019
Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.
3.47
121
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience📰 Information Literacy😤 Emotional Reasoning🎭 Self-Deception
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking Summary
Neuroscience and Critical Thinking 93%
Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.
by Albert Rutherford 2019
3.47
121 ratings
🧠 Cognitive Biases🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience📰 Information Literacy😤 Emotional Reasoning🎭 Self-Deception
The Great Mental Models Volume 2
by Shane Parrish • 2019
The best mental tools come from physics, chemistry, and biology, not business books.
4.16
2k+
🧠 Mental Models🔗 Systems Thinking🧬 Evolutionary Psychology💸 Behavioral Economics📈 Business Strategy
The Great Mental Models Volume 2 Summary
The Great Mental Models Volume 2 93%
The best mental tools come from physics, chemistry, and biology, not business books.
by Shane Parrish 2019
4.16
2k+ ratings
🧠 Mental Models🔗 Systems Thinking🧬 Evolutionary Psychology💸 Behavioral Economics📈 Business Strategy
Minds Make Societies
by Pascal Boyer • 2018
Nations clash, gods multiply, and families splinter for reasons your conscious mind never sees.
3.90
397
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🏛️ Cognitive Anthropology🔄 Cultural Evolution🔬 Cognitive Science⛪ Evolution Of Religion
Minds Make Societies Summary
Minds Make Societies 93%
Nations clash, gods multiply, and families splinter for reasons your conscious mind never sees.
by Pascal Boyer 2018
3.90
397 ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🏛️ Cognitive Anthropology🔄 Cultural Evolution🔬 Cognitive Science⛪ Evolution Of Religion
The Ten Types of Human
by Dexter Dias • 2018
Your brain runs ten minds. One feels another's pain. One learns to enjoy causing it.
4.16
2k+
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🔬 Behavioral Science🤝 Social Bonding💕 Empathy💔 Psychological Trauma
The Ten Types of Human Summary
The Ten Types of Human 93%
Your brain runs ten minds. One feels another's pain. One learns to enjoy causing it.
by Dexter Dias 2018
4.16
2k+ ratings
🧠 Evolutionary Psychology🔬 Behavioral Science🤝 Social Bonding💕 Empathy💔 Psychological Trauma
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