🧠 Cognitive Biases

Explorations of the systematic blind spots in human thinking — from confirmation bias to the sunk cost fallacy — that shape our decisions in ways we rarely notice. These books make you a sharper, more self-aware thinker.

Mind the Science

by Jonathan N. Stea • 2024

How a multi-trillion-dollar industry exploits your cognitive biases to sell fake mental health cures

4.15

257

🏥 Wellness Critique 🔬 Science Literacy 🚩 Pseudoscience Detection 🌿 Alternative Medicine 📋 Evidence-Based Practice

Mind the Science

How a multi-trillion-dollar industry exploits your cognitive biases to sell fake mental health cures

by Jonathan N. Stea 2024

4.15

257 ratings

🏥 Wellness Critique 🔬 Science Literacy 🚩 Pseudoscience Detection 🌿 Alternative Medicine 📋 Evidence-Based Practice

The Survival Game

by David Philip Barash • 2003

The logic behind why animals cooperate, nations arm, and rational people sabotage themselves.

3.84

🧮 Game Theory 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🧠 Behavioral Science 🤝 Cooperation Dilemmas 🏘️ Social Dilemmas

The Survival Game

The logic behind why animals cooperate, nations arm, and rational people sabotage themselves.

by David Philip Barash 2003

3.84

44 ratings

🧮 Game Theory 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🧠 Behavioral Science 🤝 Cooperation Dilemmas 🏘️ Social Dilemmas

Managing Conflict Mindfully

by Leonard L. Riskin • 2023

Why conflict hijacks your brain, and a three-part method to reclaim calm and find better solutions.

5.00

⚖️ Conflict Resolution 🤝 Principled Negotiation 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation 🧩 Internal Family Systems 🌊 Emotional Regulation

Managing Conflict Mindfully

Why conflict hijacks your brain, and a three-part method to reclaim calm and find better solutions.

by Leonard L. Riskin 2023

5.00

2 ratings

⚖️ Conflict Resolution 🤝 Principled Negotiation 🧘 Mindfulness Meditation 🧩 Internal Family Systems 🌊 Emotional Regulation

Stock Market Maestros

by Lee Freeman-Shor • 2026

Wrong half the time yet beating the market: the payoff math that renders stock picking a sideshow.

4.25

💼 Portfolio Management 🧠 Behavioral Investing 📊 Behavioral Economics ⚖️ Asymmetric Returns 🧹 Decision Hygiene

Stock Market Maestros

Wrong half the time yet beating the market: the payoff math that renders stock picking a sideshow.

by Lee Freeman-Shor 2026

4.25

8 ratings

💼 Portfolio Management 🧠 Behavioral Investing 📊 Behavioral Economics ⚖️ Asymmetric Returns 🧹 Decision Hygiene

Blindspotting

by Kirstin Ferguson • 2025

Your expertise creates your biggest blind spots. A method for leading with curiosity instead of ego.

3.13

🧭 Executive Leadership 🧠 Intellectual Humility ⚖️ Decision Quality 📊 Behavioral Economics 🗣️ Feedback Culture

Blindspotting

Your expertise creates your biggest blind spots. A method for leading with curiosity instead of ego.

by Kirstin Ferguson 2025

3.13

69 ratings

🧭 Executive Leadership 🧠 Intellectual Humility ⚖️ Decision Quality 📊 Behavioral Economics 🗣️ Feedback Culture

Forecasting

by Rob J. Hyndman • 2013

Build forecasts that work: test on unseen data, beat simple benchmarks, reconcile every level.

4.39

318

🧮 Time Series Analysis 📈 Business Forecasting 📊 Statistical Modeling 👁 Data Visualization 📦 Demand Planning

Forecasting

Build forecasts that work: test on unseen data, beat simple benchmarks, reconcile every level.

by Rob J. Hyndman 2013

4.39

318 ratings

🧮 Time Series Analysis 📈 Business Forecasting 📊 Statistical Modeling 👁 Data Visualization 📦 Demand Planning

Wiser

by Cass R. Sunstein • 2014

Why groups amplify error: members herd, hide what they know, and silence the best information.

3.62

437

👥 Group Dynamics 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🤐 Groupthink ↔️ Group Polarization 💬 Information Sharing

Wiser

Why groups amplify error: members herd, hide what they know, and silence the best information.

by Cass R. Sunstein 2014

3.62

437 ratings

👥 Group Dynamics 🧠 Collective Intelligence 🤐 Groupthink ↔️ Group Polarization 💬 Information Sharing

Finance Psychology

by FOREX INVESTMENT LOUNGE • 2020

Eighty percent of trading success is psychological. The rules for mastering what charts cannot fix.

4.00

🧠 Trading Psychology 📊 Behavioral Finance 💪 Emotional Discipline ⚠️ Risk Management 🎯 Trading Mindset

Finance Psychology

Eighty percent of trading success is psychological. The rules for mastering what charts cannot fix.

by FOREX INVESTMENT LOUNGE 2020

4.00

1 ratings

🧠 Trading Psychology 📊 Behavioral Finance 💪 Emotional Discipline ⚠️ Risk Management 🎯 Trading Mindset

The Art of Thinking Clearly

by Rolf Dobelli • 2013

99 thinking traps, catalogued. Better judgment comes from removing errors, not adding insight.

3.85

43k+

📊 Behavioral Economics ⚠️ Thinking Errors 🧩 Mental Models 🔍 Critical Thinking 🎲 Probabilistic Thinking

The Art of Thinking Clearly

99 thinking traps, catalogued. Better judgment comes from removing errors, not adding insight.

by Rolf Dobelli 2013

3.85

43k+ ratings

📊 Behavioral Economics ⚠️ Thinking Errors 🧩 Mental Models 🔍 Critical Thinking 🎲 Probabilistic Thinking

Verified

by Mike Caulfield • 2023

The fact-checker method: four moves that verify anything online in under a minute.

4.24

239

📱 Digital Literacy 🔍 Fact-Checking 🎯 Attention Management 📋 Evaluating Sources 🤔 Practical Skepticism

Verified

The fact-checker method: four moves that verify anything online in under a minute.

by Mike Caulfield 2023

4.24

239 ratings

📱 Digital Literacy 🔍 Fact-Checking 🎯 Attention Management 📋 Evaluating Sources 🤔 Practical Skepticism

El libro negro de la persuasión

by Alejandro Llantada • 2013

The ten psychological levers that decide 'yes' before logic shows up, and how to pull them.

3.88

1k+

🧠 Persuasion Psychology 👥 Social Influence 📈 Behavioral Economics 🤝 Sales And Negotiation 🕹️ Unconscious Influence

El libro negro de la persuasión

The ten psychological levers that decide 'yes' before logic shows up, and how to pull them.

by Alejandro Llantada 2013

3.88

1k+ ratings

🧠 Persuasion Psychology 👥 Social Influence 📈 Behavioral Economics 🤝 Sales And Negotiation 🕹️ Unconscious Influence

Wilful Blindness

by Margaret Heffernan • 2011

Enron, Madoff, the 2008 crash: disasters hiding in plain sight. Psychology of why we miss them.

4.05

2k+

🐑 Social Conformity 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🏛️ Institutional Failures 🌀 Groupthink 📢 Whistleblowing

Wilful Blindness

Enron, Madoff, the 2008 crash: disasters hiding in plain sight. Psychology of why we miss them.

by Margaret Heffernan 2011

4.05

2k+ ratings

🐑 Social Conformity 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🏛️ Institutional Failures 🌀 Groupthink 📢 Whistleblowing

Rationality

by Eliezer Yudkowsky • 2015

Human reason is buggy code. Here is the patch from cognitive science and AI.

4.32

2k+

🛠️ Debiasing 📊 Bayesian Reasoning 🎯 Instrumental Rationality 🗺️ Mental Models 🔬 Epistemology

Rationality

Human reason is buggy code. Here is the patch from cognitive science and AI.

by Eliezer Yudkowsky 2015

4.32

2k+ ratings

🛠️ Debiasing 📊 Bayesian Reasoning 🎯 Instrumental Rationality 🗺️ Mental Models 🔬 Epistemology

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