Misbelief: What makes rational people believe irrational things
My top 20 points: Misinformation affects all of us on a daily basis—from social media to larger political challenges, from casual conversations in supermarkets, to even our closest relationships. While we recognize the dangers that misinformation poses, the problem is complex—far beyond what policing social media alone can achieve—and too often our limited solutions are […]
The Brain
My top 25 takeaways: The lack of preparedness during birth (as compared to animals) seems like a disadvantage for us since (e.g.) baby giraffes can learn to stand on its feet in a few hours. But this is the reason we are the rulers of this planet: animals have a preprogrammed brain but the human […]
Primal Leadership
My top 25 points: The first half of Emotional Intelligence (EI) is internal- self-awareness and self-management. This is the ability to monitor and manage your feelings and mood. Most leadership problems are caused by poor self-management. The second half of EI is external- social awareness (knowing how to see emotions in others) and relationship management. […]
How to know a person
My top 30 takeaways: People skills are crucial to leading a satisfying life, yet today’s western society does not equip people with these skills. We’re living in the middle of some sort of vast emotional, relational, and spiritual crisis. It is as if people across society have lost the ability to see and understand one […]
Drive
My top 30 points: Motivation 1.0. At the dawn of evolution, human behavior was simple. Its only trigger was the survival instinct- gather food, protect themselves from animals, and recreate. Motivation 1, even though it wasn’t the most elegant, worked well back in the day. Motivation 2.0. As human societies developed, the operating system based […]
What Money Can’t Buy
My top 25 points: We live at a time when everything can be bought and sold. Over the past three decades, markets — and market values — have come to govern our lives as never before. We didn’t arrive at this condition through any deliberate choice. It is almost as if it came upon us. […]
21 Lessons For The 21st Century
My top 45 takeaways: Disillusionment 1. One of the driving factors for global political disillusionment is information overload. 2. Humans think in stories, and this is how political disillusionment can spread, leading to ideologies like fascism and communism. Work 3. The future is bright. We should not be worried about AI’s potential in the workplace […]
How Not To Die
My top 30 takeaways: The book addresses the major health risks that most people face: heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, a variety of common cancers (lung, colorectal, breast, prostate, leukemia), Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and even depression. And it covers what is known – based on the best research we have – about various foods that may be […]
Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention
My top 40 points: Overview Hari breaks down the many causes of our lack of attention into two categories: too much and too little. Too much information, stress, surveillance and manipulation, and ADHD diagnoses. Not enough sleep, novel reading, navel gazing and nutritious food. Cause 1: The increase in speed & switching Multitasking doesn’t work. […]
When I Say No I Feel Guilty
My top 25 points: 1. The parent child dynamic often doesn’t change. The parent is supposed to relax the rules and allow freedom as the child grows but that doesn’t always happen. 2. Lack of assertiveness is often due to people trying to make you feel guilty. 3. The insecure person copes best in very […]
