Title: The Idiot Brain Author: Dean Burnett Category: Psychology, Neuroscience 10-word summary: The human brain is pretty impressive, but also quite stupid. About The Idiot Brain The Idiot Brain is the kind of book you should read if you want to get an overview of how the human brain works. It addresses interesting topics such …
Title: The Brain Author: David Eagleman Category: Psychology, Neuroscience Rating: 5/5 10-word summary: Everything we experience is filtered or created by the brain. About The Brain The Brain is a book that presents an overview of the field of neuroscience. David Eagleman explores complex topics such as identity, the experience of reality, consciousness and describes …
Title: The Madness of Crowds Author: Douglas Murray Category: Nonfiction, Politics Rating: 3/5 10-word summary: Identity politics is making us all mad; resist the madness! About The Madness of Crowds The Madness of Crowds is a book that focuses on the current trend of identity politics. The current “woke” social justice movements of the far …
Title: The Righteous Mind Author: Jonathan Haidt Category: Nonfiction, Psychology, Morality Rating: 3/5 10-word summary: Morality relies on our intuitions and it goes beyond fairness. About The Righteous Mind The Righteous Mind is a book about morality. It discusses a theory of moral foundations, the idea that morality is based on our intuitions, religion and …
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Title: Stumbling on Happiness Author: Daniel Gilbert Category: Psychology Rating: 5/5 10-word summary: You think you know what will make you happy, right? About Stumbling on Happiness I want to start this review by telling you that “Stumbling on Happiness” is not really a book about happiness. Well, actually, it is but no in the …
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Title: Free Will Author: Sam Harris Category: Nonfiction, Philosophy Rating: 5/5 10-word summary: Free will is an illusion; just observe your own thoughts. About Free Will Sam Harris believes that we have no free will. In this short book (less than 70 pages), he tries to prove that to us using some compelling arguments and …
Title: Reasons to Stay Alive Author: Matt Haig Category: Nonfiction, autobiography Rating: 3/5 10-word summary: Mental illnesses are challenging, but you can live with them. About Reasons to Stay Alive This book is very different from what I expected, but I still enjoyed reading it. I have mixed feelings about it, but I’d like to …
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Title: Thinking, fast and slow Author: Daniel Kahneman Category: Nonfiction, Psychology Rating: 4/5 10-word summary: Our brains have two systems that usually work quite well. About Thinking, fast and slow Thinking, fast and slow is a book that aims to help us better understand how our brains work. Kahneman presents his main theory of System …
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Title: The Art of Thinking Clearly Author: Rolf Dobelli Category: Nonfiction, Psychology Rating: 4/5 10-word summary: The brain is prone to making errors – try to avoid them. About The Art of Thinking Clearly The Art of Thinking Clearly is a book focused on cognitive errors. It includes 99 short chapters, each one presenting an …
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Title: Enlightenment Now Author: Steven Pinker Category: Nonfiction, science-based Rating: 5/5 10-word summary: The world is so much better now – thanks to science. About Enlightenment Now Enlightenment Now is the kind of book that everyone should read – especially now. In this book, Pinker uses statistics, facts and arguments to prove that the world …
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