Nov 22, 20173 min readReview of Dollars and Sense by Dan Ariely and Jeff Kreisler[su_quote] A wise man knows himself to be a fool, but a foolish man opens his wallet and removes all doubt. [/su_quote] [su_heading...
Aug 7, 20173 min readReview of Superforecasting by Philip E. TetlockWe have all been too quick to make up our minds and too slow to change them. And if we don’t examine how we make these mistakes, we will...
Jun 11, 20172 min readMemoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of CrowdsMen, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses, slowly, and...
May 23, 20173 min readMental Penguins: The Neverending Education Crisis and the False Promise of the Information AgeThe suspicion that modern societies and technological progress create a deeply unnatural and potentially unhealthy living environment is...
May 1, 20172 min readUnconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and ReasonHow we feel about our kids isn’t as important as how they experience those feelings and how they regard the way we treat them. What is...
Apr 30, 20172 min readCrimes Against LogicRelease a few statistics into the discussion and the effects will be visible within moments: eyes glaze over, jaws slacken, and soon...
Mar 20, 20172 min readThe Undoing ProjectHow do you understand memory? You don’t study memory. You study forgetting A part of good science is to see what everyone else can see...
Feb 4, 20172 min readReview – The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a HatIntroduction I have been looking forward to read The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat‘ for more than a year. Somehow, it had never made...
Feb 1, 20171 min readReview – How To Deal With Difficult PeopleIntroduction ‘How To Deal With Difficult People’ by Madison Taylor deals with a problem everybody has. I found this book while looking...
Jan 25, 20172 min readReview – “Deep Survival : Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why”Introduction “Deep Survival” attempts to explain survival in challenging situations. Why do some people survive in situations where...