🙈 Denial And Blind Spots

Stories that explore the human capacity for self-deception — the things we refuse to see and the consequences of our willful ignorance.

Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)

by Carol Tavris • 2007

Why smart people double down on bad decisions, rewrite history, and refuse to admit error.

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🧠 Cognitive Dissonance 🎭 Self-Deception 🔄 Motivated Reasoning 👁️ Bias Blind Spot 💭 Memory Distortion

Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) Summary

Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) 89%

Why smart people double down on bad decisions, rewrite history, and refuse to admit error.

by Carol Tavris 2007

4.04

29k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Dissonance 🎭 Self-Deception 🔄 Motivated Reasoning 👁️ Bias Blind Spot 💭 Memory Distortion

A Mind of Its Own

by Cordelia Fine • 2005

Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤥 Self-Deception ⚖️ Moral Psychology 📊 Decision Science 🤔 Motivated Reasoning

A Mind of Its Own 88%

Your brain is a self-serving lawyer, not an impartial scientist. The evidence is damning.

by Cordelia Fine 2005

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3k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤥 Self-Deception ⚖️ Moral Psychology 📊 Decision Science 🤔 Motivated Reasoning

The Anatomy of Peace

by The Arbinger Institute • 2015

Conflict begins when you see people as obstacles instead of people. The rest is justification.

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🕊️ Conflict Resolution 🎭 Self-Deception 💥 Interpersonal Conflict 🧭 Personal Responsibility 🏢 Organizational Culture

The Anatomy of Peace 88%

Conflict begins when you see people as obstacles instead of people. The rest is justification.

by The Arbinger Institute 2015

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18k+ ratings

🕊️ Conflict Resolution 🎭 Self-Deception 💥 Interpersonal Conflict 🧭 Personal Responsibility 🏢 Organizational Culture

Pare de se sabotar e dê a volta por cima

by Flip Flippen • 2007

Why talent isn't enough: locating and loosening the invisible limits on your success.

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461

🪤 Self-Sabotage 📈 Professional Development 🔄 Behavioral Change 👂 Feedback And Growth 🕶️ Blind Spots

Pare de se sabotar e dê a volta por cima Summary

Pare de se sabotar e dê a volta por cima 88%

Why talent isn't enough: locating and loosening the invisible limits on your success.

by Flip Flippen 2007

3.53

461 ratings

🪤 Self-Sabotage 📈 Professional Development 🔄 Behavioral Change 👂 Feedback And Growth 🕶️ Blind Spots

How We Know What Isn't So

by Thomas Gilovich • 1991

The mind finds pattern in noise, then argues for it with absolute conviction.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases ❤️ Motivated Reasoning 🎲 Randomness Perception 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 👥 Social Cognition

How We Know What Isn't So 88%

The mind finds pattern in noise, then argues for it with absolute conviction.

by Thomas Gilovich 1991

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3k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases ❤️ Motivated Reasoning 🎲 Randomness Perception 🔬 Scientific Skepticism 👥 Social Cognition

The Scout Mindset

by Julia Galef • 2021

Most thinking is self-defense. Clear thinking is a switch you never learned to flip.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎭 Self-Deception 🤲 Intellectual Humility 🔍 Critical Thinking 🧮 Applied Rationality

The Scout Mindset 88%

Most thinking is self-defense. Clear thinking is a switch you never learned to flip.

by Julia Galef 2021

4.09

7k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎭 Self-Deception 🤲 Intellectual Humility 🔍 Critical Thinking 🧮 Applied Rationality

Why Do I Do That?

by Joseph Burgo • 2012

Your defenses protect you from pain but keep you trapped. Learn to spot and loosen them.

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🛡️ Defense Mechanisms 🧠 Psychodynamic Self-Help 💔 Shame And Self-Worth 🌱 Emotional Maturity 🚫 Emotional Avoidance

Why Do I Do That? 88%

Your defenses protect you from pain but keep you trapped. Learn to spot and loosen them.

by Joseph Burgo 2012

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1k+ ratings

🛡️ Defense Mechanisms 🧠 Psychodynamic Self-Help 💔 Shame And Self-Worth 🌱 Emotional Maturity 🚫 Emotional Avoidance

Post-Truth

by Lee McIntyre • 2018

Tobacco companies perfected the blueprint for making people doubt facts. Now it powers politics.

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🔬 Science Denial 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📢 Disinformation 🫧 Filter Bubbles 🏛️ Post-Truth Politics

Post-Truth 88%

Tobacco companies perfected the blueprint for making people doubt facts. Now it powers politics.

by Lee McIntyre 2018

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2k+ ratings

🔬 Science Denial 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📢 Disinformation 🫧 Filter Bubbles 🏛️ Post-Truth Politics

How to Talk to a Science Denier

by Lee McIntyre • 2021

Science denial isn't an information problem. It's an identity trap, and more facts spring it.

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🔬 Science Denial 🗣️ Science Communication 🛡️ Identity-Protective Cognition 🗳️ Post-Truth Politics 👁️ Conspiracy Theories

How to Talk to a Science Denier 87%

Science denial isn't an information problem. It's an identity trap, and more facts spring it.

by Lee McIntyre 2021

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1k+ ratings

🔬 Science Denial 🗣️ Science Communication 🛡️ Identity-Protective Cognition 🗳️ Post-Truth Politics 👁️ Conspiracy Theories

Blind Spots

by Max H. Bazerman • 2011

Most unethical behavior is driven by mental gaps, not character flaws. A lens to see what you miss.

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🐝 Behavioral Ethics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👀 Unconscious Bias 📈 Behavioral Economics 🏢 Corporate Ethics

Blind Spots 87%

Most unethical behavior is driven by mental gaps, not character flaws. A lens to see what you miss.

by Max H. Bazerman 2011

3.68

597 ratings

🐝 Behavioral Ethics 🧠 Cognitive Biases 👀 Unconscious Bias 📈 Behavioral Economics 🏢 Corporate Ethics

Being Wrong

by Kathryn Schulz • 2010

We can't feel wrong while being wrong, so we confuse certainty with accuracy every time.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 💫 Human Fallibility 🤔 Intellectual Humility 🔄 Belief Revision 🪞 Self-Deception

Being Wrong 87%

We can't feel wrong while being wrong, so we confuse certainty with accuracy every time.

by Kathryn Schulz 2010

3.94

7k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 💫 Human Fallibility 🤔 Intellectual Humility 🔄 Belief Revision 🪞 Self-Deception

Subliminal

by Leonard Mlodinow • 2012

The unconscious builds reality, distorts memory, and chooses your friends. You just take the credit.

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🌊 Unconscious Processing ⚖️ Cognitive Biases 🏗️ Constructed Reality 🤝 Social Cognition

Subliminal 87%

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

Leadership and Self-Deception

by The Arbinger Institute • 2000

You betray your instinct to help, then justify it. That is where every leadership failure begins.

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🏢 Organizational Leadership 🤝 Workplace Relationships 🎭 Self-Deception 📋 Accountability 🔍 Blind Spots

Leadership and Self-Deception 87%

You betray your instinct to help, then justify it. That is where every leadership failure begins.

by The Arbinger Institute 2000

4.10

35k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Leadership 🤝 Workplace Relationships 🎭 Self-Deception 📋 Accountability 🔍 Blind Spots

Neuroscience and Critical Thinking

by Albert Rutherford • 2019

Your brain edits reality before you see it. How to catch the cuts and decide better.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔬 Cognitive Neuroscience 📰 Information Literacy 😤 Emotional Reasoning 🎭 Self-Deception

Neuroscience and Critical Thinking Summary

Neuroscience and Critical Thinking 87%

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

I Think, Therefore I Lie

by Warren Archer • 2019

Self-deception evolved first, lying to others came second, and objectivity was never the goal.

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🤥 Self-Deception 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 📢 Misinformation 💭 Memory Fallibility

I Think, Therefore I Lie 87%

Self-deception evolved first, lying to others came second, and objectivity was never the goal.

by Warren Archer 2019

3.44

9 ratings

🤥 Self-Deception 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 📢 Misinformation 💭 Memory Fallibility

The Reality Bubble

by Ziya Tong • 2019

You see 0.0035% of the light spectrum. The remaining 99.9965% hides how the world really works.

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👁️ Perception Limits 🧠 Cognitive Blind Spots 🏭 Hidden Infrastructure 🐄 Food System Opacity 💰 Wealth Inequality

The Reality Bubble 87%

You see 0.0035% of the light spectrum. The remaining 99.9965% hides how the world really works.

by Ziya Tong 2019

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1k+ ratings

👁️ Perception Limits 🧠 Cognitive Blind Spots 🏭 Hidden Infrastructure 🐄 Food System Opacity 💰 Wealth Inequality

Wilful Blindness

by Margaret Heffernan • 2011

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

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🐑 Social Conformity 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🏛️ Institutional Failures 🌀 Groupthink

Wilful Blindness 87%

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

by Margaret Heffernan 2011

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2k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🐑 Social Conformity 🏢 Organizational Behavior 🏛️ Institutional Failures 🌀 Groupthink

Graven Images

by Dietrich von Hildebrand • 1957

Your conscience may be a counterfeit, shaped by pride, not goodness. A philosopher explains how.

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🧠 Moral Philosophy ✝️ Catholic Moral Theology 🛡️ Honor Codes 🎭 Self-Deception 🔍 Phenomenology

Graven Images 87%

Your conscience may be a counterfeit, shaped by pride, not goodness. A philosopher explains how.

by Dietrich von Hildebrand 1957

4.17

12 ratings

🧠 Moral Philosophy ✝️ Catholic Moral Theology 🛡️ Honor Codes 🎭 Self-Deception 🔍 Phenomenology

The Mind's Past

by Michael S. Gazzaniga • 1998

Your brain acts, then invents a story about why. Your conscious self gets the press release.

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🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 👁️ Consciousness Studies ⚡ Unconscious Processing 🎭 Self-Deception 🔄 Memory Distortion

The Mind's Past 87%

Your brain acts, then invents a story about why. Your conscious self gets the press release.

by Michael S. Gazzaniga 1998

3.77

115 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience 👁️ Consciousness Studies ⚡ Unconscious Processing 🎭 Self-Deception 🔄 Memory Distortion

You Are Not So Smart

by David McRaney • 2011

Your brain is a self-justifying storyteller, and it's hiding the evidence from you.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 🎭 Self-Delusion ⚡ Heuristics 🧩 Memory Fallibility

You Are Not So Smart 87%

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

The Psychology of Stupidity

by Jean-François Marmion • 2019

The smartest people on why everyone, including you, keeps doing idiotic things.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 🤲 Intellectual Humility 🔍 Critical Thinking 📊 Behavioral Economics

The Psychology of Stupidity 87%

The smartest people on why everyone, including you, keeps doing idiotic things.

by Jean-François Marmion 2019

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3k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 🤲 Intellectual Humility 🔍 Critical Thinking 📊 Behavioral Economics

Meeting the Shadow

by Connie Zweig • 1991

You cut off half of who you are in childhood. Becoming whole means taking it back.

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🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌑 Shadow Work 🔒 Emotional Repression 🎭 Self-Deception 🌐 Collective Unconscious

Meeting the Shadow 87%

You cut off half of who you are in childhood. Becoming whole means taking it back.

by Connie Zweig 1991

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2k+ ratings

🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌑 Shadow Work 🔒 Emotional Repression 🎭 Self-Deception 🌐 Collective Unconscious

The Intelligence Trap

by David Robson • 2019

Intelligence can make you more biased, not less. The trap is hidden in how smart people reason.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Rationality 🧎 Intellectual Humility 👓 Expert Blind Spots 🛡️ Misinformation Defense

The Intelligence Trap 87%

Intelligence can make you more biased, not less. The trap is hidden in how smart people reason.

by David Robson 2019

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3k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🤔 Rationality 🧎 Intellectual Humility 👓 Expert Blind Spots 🛡️ Misinformation Defense

Good Reasonable People

by Keith Payne • 2024

Why the other side isn't crazy: the same self-justifying mind runs us all.

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🧠 Political Psychology 🤔 Motivated Reasoning 🎭 Identity And Politics 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏙️ Rural-Urban Divide

Good Reasonable People 87%

Why the other side isn't crazy: the same self-justifying mind runs us all.

by Keith Payne 2024

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1k+ ratings

🧠 Political Psychology 🤔 Motivated Reasoning 🎭 Identity And Politics 🏗️ Structural Inequality 🏙️ Rural-Urban Divide

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.

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287

🧠 Political Psychology 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🌍 Climate Denial 🌱 Sustainability

Twilight of American Sanity 87%

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

Mental Immunity

by Andy Norman • 2021

Ideas infect minds like parasites. Cognitive immunity is real, fragile, and trainable.

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🧠 Critical Thinking 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🦠 Misinformation 🤲 Intellectual Humility 🔗 Belief Systems

Mental Immunity 87%

Ideas infect minds like parasites. Cognitive immunity is real, fragile, and trainable.

by Andy Norman 2021

3.59

432 ratings

🧠 Critical Thinking 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🦠 Misinformation 🤲 Intellectual Humility 🔗 Belief Systems

The Outward Mindset

by The Arbinger Institute • 2016

Workplace problems aren't behavior problems. They're perception problems. Fix the lens, not people.

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🏢 Organizational Culture 🪞 Self-Deception 👁️ Perspective Taking 💙 Empathy At Work 🎯 Accountability

The Outward Mindset 87%

Workplace problems aren't behavior problems. They're perception problems. Fix the lens, not people.

by The Arbinger Institute 2016

4.02

3k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 🪞 Self-Deception 👁️ Perspective Taking 💙 Empathy At Work 🎯 Accountability

The Mind is Flat

by Nick Chater • 2018

Your inner life is not an archive. Every belief and emotion is improvised in the moment.

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852

🧠 Folk Psychology Critique 🔍 Consciousness Studies 🎭 Confabulation 💓 Embodied Emotion 👁️ Cognitive Illusions

The Mind is Flat 87%

Your inner life is not an archive. Every belief and emotion is improvised in the moment.

by Nick Chater 2018

3.74

852 ratings

🧠 Folk Psychology Critique 🔍 Consciousness Studies 🎭 Confabulation 💓 Embodied Emotion 👁️ Cognitive Illusions

And Never Stop Dancing

by Gordon Livingston • 2006

Thirty blunt truths: why anger hides sadness, forgiveness heals the giver, and passivity is a trap.

3.75

505

🏛️ Stoic Resilience 🎭 Self-Deception 🕊️ Forgiveness 😶 Emotional Avoidance 🏠 Blended Families

And Never Stop Dancing 87%

Thirty blunt truths: why anger hides sadness, forgiveness heals the giver, and passivity is a trap.

by Gordon Livingston 2006

3.75

505 ratings

🏛️ Stoic Resilience 🎭 Self-Deception 🕊️ Forgiveness 😶 Emotional Avoidance 🏠 Blended Families

25 Days to Better Thinking & Better Living

by Linda Elder • 2006

Your mind is wired for self-deception. A 25-day plan to catch it in the act.

3.80

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🧠 Critical Thinking ⚠️ Cognitive Biases 🎭 Self-Deception 🧱 Mental Discipline 🏛️ Socratic Method

25 Days to Better Thinking & Better Living Summary

25 Days to Better Thinking & Better Living 87%

Your mind is wired for self-deception. A 25-day plan to catch it in the act.

by Linda Elder 2006

3.80

465 ratings

🧠 Critical Thinking ⚠️ Cognitive Biases 🎭 Self-Deception 🧱 Mental Discipline 🏛️ Socratic Method

The Blindspots Between Us

by Gleb Tsipursky • 2020

Your brain's built-in biases predict your relationship fights. The method to intercept them.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 💑 Relationship Psychology 🫀 Emotional Intelligence 🗣️ Communication Barriers 🔬 Behavioral Science

The Blindspots Between Us 86%

Your brain's built-in biases predict your relationship fights. The method to intercept them.

by Gleb Tsipursky 2020

3.90

283 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 💑 Relationship Psychology 🫀 Emotional Intelligence 🗣️ Communication Barriers 🔬 Behavioral Science

A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance

by Leon Festinger • 1957

The mental shortcuts that run your life are full of bugs. Here's how to debug them.

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193

🧠 Mental Models 🔍 Cognitive Biases ⚡ Cognitive Dissonance 💡 Critical Thinking 🔄 Belief Change

A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance Summary

A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance 86%

The mental shortcuts that run your life are full of bugs. Here's how to debug them.

by Leon Festinger 1957

4.02

193 ratings

🧠 Mental Models 🔍 Cognitive Biases ⚡ Cognitive Dissonance 💡 Critical Thinking 🔄 Belief Change

The Right-and Wrong-Stuff

by Carter Cast • 2018

Brilliant careers fail on five fixable flaws. Find yours before your boss does.

4.02

391

🚧 Career Derailment 🎯 Executive Coaching 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 👤 Leadership Archetypes 👓 Behavioral Blind Spots

The Right-and Wrong-Stuff 86%

Brilliant careers fail on five fixable flaws. Find yours before your boss does.

by Carter Cast 2018

4.02

391 ratings

🚧 Career Derailment 🎯 Executive Coaching 🧠 Emotional Intelligence 👤 Leadership Archetypes 👓 Behavioral Blind Spots

Fooled By Randomness & The Black Swan

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb • 2008

Stability is an illusion, prediction is a scam: the architecture of a life that needs the chaos.

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287

🎲 Probability Theory ⚠️ Hidden Risks 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💼 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Skeptical Empiricism

Fooled By Randomness & The Black Swan Summary

Fooled By Randomness & The Black Swan 86%

Stability is an illusion, prediction is a scam: the architecture of a life that needs the chaos.

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2008

4.17

287 ratings

🎲 Probability Theory ⚠️ Hidden Risks 🧠 Cognitive Biases 💼 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Skeptical Empiricism

A Joosr Guide to... The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli

by Joosr • 2015

Bad decisions follow the same few patterns. Learn the traps, and stop falling for them.

3.57

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Heuristics And Biases 💸 Behavioral Economics ⚡ Mental Shortcuts 🧭 Rational Thinking

A Joosr Guide to... The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli Summary

A Joosr Guide to... The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli 86%

Bad decisions follow the same few patterns. Learn the traps, and stop falling for them.

by Joosr 2015

3.57

14 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Heuristics And Biases 💸 Behavioral Economics ⚡ Mental Shortcuts 🧭 Rational Thinking

Looking Out for #1

by Robert J. Ringer • 1955

Self-interest has a bad reputation. A rational guide to reclaiming it without apology.

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518

🧠 Rational Egoism 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🚧 Boundary Setting 🤝 Mutual Benefit 🏛️ Individualism

Looking Out for #1 86%

Self-interest has a bad reputation. A rational guide to reclaiming it without apology.

by Robert J. Ringer 1955

3.87

518 ratings

🧠 Rational Egoism 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🚧 Boundary Setting 🤝 Mutual Benefit 🏛️ Individualism

Sidetracked

by Francesca Gino • 2013

Hidden forces quietly derail every decision you make; spotting them is a trainable skill.

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286

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🧭 Decision Making 👥 Social Influence ⚖️ Ethical Fading

Sidetracked 86%

Hidden forces quietly derail every decision you make; spotting them is a trainable skill.

by Francesca Gino 2013

3.45

286 ratings

🧠 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🧭 Decision Making 👥 Social Influence ⚖️ Ethical Fading

How to Think

by Alan Jacobs • 2017

You think you're reasoning, but you're mostly just belonging; here's how to tell the difference.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🏴 Tribalism 🤲 Intellectual Humility 🏛 Political Polarization 🗣 Civil Discourse

How to Think 86%

You think you're reasoning, but you're mostly just belonging; here's how to tell the difference.

by Alan Jacobs 2017

3.95

5k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🏴 Tribalism 🤲 Intellectual Humility 🏛 Political Polarization 🗣 Civil Discourse

Self-Knowledge

by The School of Life • 2018

What drives you is mostly invisible. A practice for meeting the self you avoid.

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🔮 Philosophical Self-Help 🧠 Emotional Awareness 🎭 Self-Deception 💬 Inner Critic 🏠 Family Patterns

Self-Knowledge 86%

What drives you is mostly invisible. A practice for meeting the self you avoid.

by The School of Life 2018

3.99

2k+ ratings

🔮 Philosophical Self-Help 🧠 Emotional Awareness 🎭 Self-Deception 💬 Inner Critic 🏠 Family Patterns

Blindspot

by Mahzarin R. Banaji • 2013

A reaction-time test can reveal biases your conscious mind rejects, and strategies to close the gap.

3.72

7k+

🧠 Cognitive Bias 🎭 Implicit Bias 👥 Social Psychology 📊 Behavioral Science ✊ Anti-Racism

Blindspot 86%

A reaction-time test can reveal biases your conscious mind rejects, and strategies to close the gap.

by Mahzarin R. Banaji 2013

3.72

7k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Bias 🎭 Implicit Bias 👥 Social Psychology 📊 Behavioral Science ✊ Anti-Racism

How to Think About Weird Things

by Theodore Schick Jr. • 1994

A method for evaluating any extraordinary claim, from alien abductions to miracle cures.

3.97

633

🔬 Scientific Skepticism 👻 Paranormal Claims 🪤 Logical Fallacies 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📚 Epistemology

How to Think About Weird Things 86%

A method for evaluating any extraordinary claim, from alien abductions to miracle cures.

by Theodore Schick Jr. 1994

3.97

633 ratings

🔬 Scientific Skepticism 👻 Paranormal Claims 🪤 Logical Fallacies 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📚 Epistemology

Merchants of Doubt

by Erik M Conway Naomi Oreskes • 2010

Tobacco, acid rain, ozone, climate change: one network fought the science on all of them.

4.17

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🧪 Science Denial 🏭 Manufactured Controversy 📰 Disinformation Campaigns 💼 Corporate Malfeasance 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Merchants of Doubt 86%

Tobacco, acid rain, ozone, climate change: one network fought the science on all of them.

by Erik M Conway Naomi Oreskes 2010

4.17

8k+ ratings

🧪 Science Denial 🏭 Manufactured Controversy 📰 Disinformation Campaigns 💼 Corporate Malfeasance 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

How Spies Think

by David Omand • 2020

From a former GCHQ chief: how spies structure their thinking to outsmart lies and cognitive traps.

3.62

832

🕵️ Intelligence Analysis 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📢 Disinformation 🌀 Conspiracy Thinking 📈 Bayesian Reasoning

How Spies Think 86%

From a former GCHQ chief: how spies structure their thinking to outsmart lies and cognitive traps.

by David Omand 2020

3.62

832 ratings

🕵️ Intelligence Analysis 🧠 Cognitive Biases 📢 Disinformation 🌀 Conspiracy Thinking 📈 Bayesian Reasoning

Thinking in Bets

by Annie Duke • 2018

Most 'bad decisions' were good bets that lost. A poker champion's guide to telling the difference.

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🎲 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🎯 Probabilistic Thinking 🧠 Belief Formation ♟️ Game Theory

Thinking in Bets 86%

Most 'bad decisions' were good bets that lost. A poker champion's guide to telling the difference.

by Annie Duke 2018

3.82

24k+ ratings

🎲 Behavioral Economics 🔍 Cognitive Biases 🎯 Probabilistic Thinking 🧠 Belief Formation ♟️ Game Theory

Ethics for the Real World

by Ronald A. Howard • 2008

Small justifications unravel integrity. An advance ethical code stops the slide before it starts.

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🏢 Business Ethics ⚖️ Ethical Decision Making 🧠 Moral Psychology 📜 Practical Philosophy 🪞 Cognitive Biases

Ethics for the Real World 86%

Small justifications unravel integrity. An advance ethical code stops the slide before it starts.

by Ronald A. Howard 2008

4.02

6k+ ratings

🏢 Business Ethics ⚖️ Ethical Decision Making 🧠 Moral Psychology 📜 Practical Philosophy 🪞 Cognitive Biases

If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal

by Justin Gregg • 2022

Human intelligence is overrated. Animal cognition reveals why our big brains are a liability.

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🧠 Animal Cognition 🧐 Human Exceptionalism 🐬 Animal Consciousness ⚖️ Moral Psychology 💀 Death Awareness

If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal 86%

Human intelligence is overrated. Animal cognition reveals why our big brains are a liability.

by Justin Gregg 2022

3.89

3k+ ratings

🧠 Animal Cognition 🧐 Human Exceptionalism 🐬 Animal Consciousness ⚖️ Moral Psychology 💀 Death Awareness

Conspiracy

by Michael Shermer • 2022

Ancient threat detection meets Twitter. Your brain was not built for this, and it shows.

3.76

690

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🔍 Motivated Reasoning 🕵️ Conspiracy Belief 🐺 Tribal Psychology

Conspiracy 86%

Ancient threat detection meets Twitter. Your brain was not built for this, and it shows.

by Michael Shermer 2022

3.76

690 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🔍 Motivated Reasoning 🕵️ Conspiracy Belief 🐺 Tribal Psychology

Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You

by Albert Moukheiber • 2019

Reality is your brain's best guess. Its shortcuts are predictable, and spotting them is trainable.

3.85

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Critical Thinking 📰 Misinformation ⚡ Mental Shortcuts 🤲 Intellectual Humility

Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You Summary

Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You 86%

Reality is your brain's best guess. Its shortcuts are predictable, and spotting them is trainable.

by Albert Moukheiber 2019

3.85

803 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 🔍 Critical Thinking 📰 Misinformation ⚡ Mental Shortcuts 🤲 Intellectual Humility

The Honest Truth About Dishonesty

by Dan Ariely • 2012

Everyone cheats a little and still feels honest. The hidden forces that widen that gap.

3.93

17k+

🔬 Behavioral Economics ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🪞 Self-Deception 🦠 Social Contagion

The Honest Truth About Dishonesty Summary

The Honest Truth About Dishonesty 86%

Everyone cheats a little and still feels honest. The hidden forces that widen that gap.

by Dan Ariely 2012

3.93

17k+ ratings

🔬 Behavioral Economics ⚖️ Moral Psychology 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🪞 Self-Deception 🦠 Social Contagion

The Invisible Gorilla

by Christopher Chabris • 2010

Your memory rewrites the past, your confidence hides incompetence, and there's a gorilla nobody saw.

3.91

15k+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 👀 Attention Management 💭 Memory Fallibility 😎 Overconfidence 🔍 Scientific Skepticism

The Invisible Gorilla 86%

Your memory rewrites the past, your confidence hides incompetence, and there's a gorilla nobody saw.

by Christopher Chabris 2010

3.91

15k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Biases 👀 Attention Management 💭 Memory Fallibility 😎 Overconfidence 🔍 Scientific Skepticism

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