18 books like Thinking, fast and slow

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The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle · 1999 · ★ 4.5 · 142p · ≈ 4h · Moderate A #1 New York Times bestsellerA Wall Street Journal bestsellerA USA Today bestsellerTranslated into 69 languagesOver 20 million copies soldOne of the most influential and enduring books of the twenty-first century, Eckhart Tolle’s simple yet transformative guide to peace and fulfillmentNew World Library is the authorized publisher of The Power of Now. It’s no wonder that The Power of Now has… Shares: Self-actualization

The Psychology of Money Morgan Housel · 2020 · ★ 4.0 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. How to manage money, invest it, and make business decisions are typically considered to involve a lot of mathematical calculations, where data and formulae tell us exactly what to do. But in the real… Shares: Psychology

Think Like a Freak Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner · 2014 · ★ 3.9 · 274p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The book that can teach anyone to think like a freak Shares: Cognition, Cognitive Psychology, Psychology

Conceptual coordination William J. Clancey · 1999 · 424p · ≈ 14h · Moderate This book bridges the gap between models of human behavior that are based on cognitive task analysis and those based on neural networks. The author argues that these approaches are incomplete and not properly related to each other. His synthesis reconciles the very different conceptualizations of human memory assumed by these two approaches by assuming that 'what the brain remembers' is not a… Shares: Cognition, Thinking, Thought and thinking, Psychology

The Power of Focused Thinking Edward de Bono · 1981 · ★ 4.0 · 207p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Ben shu fen wei qi ge bu fen, Fen wei bai se si kao mao, Hong se si kao mao, Hei se si kao mao, Huang se si kao mao, Lü se si kao mao he lan se si kao mao. Shares: Reasoning, Thinking, Thought and thinking, Psychology

Artificial inteligence and natural man Margaret A. Boden · 1977 · ★ 4.0 · 556p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Artificial Intelligence is the study of how to build or program computers to enable them to do what minds can do. This volume discusses the ways in which computational ideas and computer modeling can aid our understanding of human and animal minds. Major theoretical approaches are outlined, as well as some promising recent developments. Fundamental philosophical questions are discussed along with… Shares: Thinking, Thought and thinking

How we think John Dewey · 1909 · ★ 3.9 · 148p · ≈ 4h · Challenging The legendary American philosopher, educator, and psychologist John Dewey describes a program for thinking well – that is, using the capacity for thought to enrich one’s life and improve one’s understanding. Shares: Thinking, Thought and thinking

Emotional Intelligence Daniel Goleman · 1995 · ★ 4.1 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate ¿Por qué algunas personas parecen dotadas de un don especial que les permite vivir bien, aunque no sean las que más se destacan por su inteligencia? ¿Por qué no siempre el alumno más inteligente termina siendo el más exitoso? ¿Por qué unos son más capaces que otros para enfrentar contratiempos, superar obstáculos y ver las dificultades bajo una óptica distinta? El libro demuestra cómo la… Shares: Cognition, Self-actualization

Consciousness Susan J. Blackmore · 2003 · ★ 3.9 · 552p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Consciousness', 'the last great mystery for science', remains a hot topic. How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could consciousness itself be an illusion? Exciting new developments in brain science are continuing the debates on these issues, and the field has now expanded to include biologists, neuroscientists,… Shares: Cognitive Psychology, Psychology

As a man thinketh James Allen · 1902 · ★ 4.2 · 50p · ≈ 1h · Challenging As a Man Thinketh is a self-helphttps://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2012/0426/10-best-self-help-books-of-all-time/As-A-Man-Thinketh-by-James-Allen "10 Best Self-Help-Books of All Time" at the Christian Science Monitor] book by James Allen, published in 1903. Shares: Thought and thinking, Self-actualization, Psychology

101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think Brianna Wiest · 2018 · ★ 3.7 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate "101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think, the global bestseller and social media phenomenon, is a collection of author Brianna Wiest's most beloved pieces of writing. Her meditations include why you should pursue purpose over passion, embrace negative thinking, see the wisdom in daily routine, and become aware of the cognitive biases that are creating the way you see your life. Some of… Shares: Thought and thinking, Self-actualization

Difficult personalities Helen McGrath · 2009 · ★ 3.5 · 270p · ≈ 9h · Moderate An approachable guide to dealing with the difficult personalities we encounter at work and in the home, as well as our own sometimes hurtful personality patterns. It offers strategies such as anger and conflict management, and helps readers make decisions about difficult relationships. Shares: Reasoning, Psychology

嫌われる勇気 Ichirō Kishimi · 2013 · ★ 3.7 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "The Courage to Be Disliked, already an enormous bestseller in Asia with more than 3.5 million copies sold, demonstrates how to unlock the power within yourself to be the person you truly want to be. Using the theories of Alfred Adler, one of the three giants of twentieth century psychology, The Courage to Be Disliked follows an illuminating conversation between a philosopher and a young man. The… Shares: Thought and thinking, Self-actualization, Psychology

How the Mind Works Steven Pinker · 1997 · ★ 4.0 · 661p · ≈ 22h · Moderate "Presented with extraordinary lucidity, cogency and panache...Powerful and gripping...To have read [the book] is to have consulted a first draft of the structural plan of the human psyche...a glittering tour de force" - Spectator "Why do memories fade? Why do we lose our tempers? Why do fools fall in love? Pinker's objective in this erudite account is to explore the nature and history of the… Shares: Cognition, Psychology

Computerdenken Roger Penrose · 1989 · ★ 3.7 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Advances the theory that despite burgeoning computer technologies, there will remain facets of human thinking that cannot be emulated by a machine. Shares: Thinking, Thought and thinking

The psychology of learning and motivation Brian H. Ross · 1990 · 328p · ≈ 10h · Moderate 1 online resource (322 pages) Shares: Cognitive Psychology, Psychology

Drive Daniel H. Pink · 2009 · ★ 3.9 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate From Daniel H. Pink, the author of the groundbreaking bestseller A Whole New Mind, comes his next big idea book: a paradigm-changing examination of what truly motivates us and how to harness that knowledge to find greater satisfaction in our lives and our work.We've been conditioned to think that the best way to motivate ourselves and others is through external rewards like money—the… Shares: Cognitive Psychology, Psychology

Growing Yourself Up Jenny Brown, MSW · 2012 · 276p · ≈ 9h · Moderate To be human is to be in relationships. We can't survive without them but at the same time it's in our relationships that we so easily come unravelled. There are certain relationships that seem to just do us in. Either we feel like we lose ourselves or we feel burnt out from unsuccessful efforts to make things right for another. In our relationships we can experience the very best of ourselves and… Shares: Self-actualization, Psychology

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