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Denial: How We Hide, Ignore, and Explain Away Problems
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Jared Del Rosso
From climate change to fake news, an entertaining and enlightening look at the widespread phenomenon of denial in our society. In wide-ranging examples, Del Rosso explores the causes, strategies, and consequences of denial. Del Rosso effectively argues that recognizing what denial looks like is the crucial first step in mitigating its effects on us and society as a whole.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781479828968
Publication Date: 2022
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How Fear Works: Culture of Fear in the Twenty-First Century
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Frank Furedi
In How Fear Works, Furedi seeks to explain two interrelated themes: why has fear acquired such a morally commanding status in society today and how has the way we fear today changed from the way that it was experienced in the past? He believes that through understanding how fear works, we can encourage attitudes that will help bring about a less fearful future.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781472947710
Publication Date: 2018
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The Righteous Mind : Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
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Jonathan Haidt
Drawing on his twenty-five years of groundbreaking research on moral psychology, Jonathan Haidt shows how moral judgments arise not from reason but from gut feelings. He shows why liberals, conservatives, and libertarians have such different intuitions about right and wrong, and he shows why each side is actually right about many of its central concerns. In this subtle yet accessible book, Haidt gives you the key to understanding the miracle of human cooperation, as well as the curse of our eternal divisions and conflicts.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780307907035
Publication Date: 2012
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Truth or Truthiness : Distinguishing Fact From Fiction by Learning to Think Like a Data Scientist
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Howard Wainer
How can we figure out what is right? Escaping from the clutches of truthiness begins with one simple question: 'what is the evidence?' With his usual verve and flair, Howard Wainer shows how the skeptical mindset of a data scientist can expose truthiness, nonsense, and outright deception. Using the tools of causal inference he evaluates the evidence, or lack thereof, supporting claims in many fields, with special emphasis in education.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781107130579
Publication Date: 2016
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Cognitive Harmony: The Role of Systemic Harmony in the Constitution of Knowledge
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Nicholas Rescher
This novel approach to epistemological discourse explains the complex but crucial role that systematization plays-not just for the organization of what we know, but also for its validation. Cognitive Harmony argues for a new conception of the process philosophers generally call induction. Relying on the root definition of harmony, a coherent unification of component parts (systemic integrity) in such a way that the final object can successfully accomplish what it was meant to do (evaluative positivity), Rescher discusses the role of harmony in cognitive contexts, the history of cognitive harmony, and the various features it has in producing human knowledge.
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ISBN: 9780822970903
Publication Date: 2005
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Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves
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Alison Wood Brooks
A groundbreaking book that reveals the hidden architecture of our conversations and how even small improvements can have a profound impact on our relationships in work and life. Drawing on the new science of conversation, Brooks distills lessons that show how we can better understand, learn from, and delight each other.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780593443507
Publication Date: 2025
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Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well
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Amy C. Edmondson
In Right Kind of Wrong, Edmondson provides the framework to think, discuss, and practice failure wisely. Outlining the three archetypes of failure--basic, complex, and intelligent--Amy showcases how to minimize unproductive failure while maximizing what we gain from flubs of all stripes. With vivid, real-life stories from business, pop culture, history, and more, Edmondson gives us specifically tailored practices, skills, and mindsets to help us replace shame and blame with curiosity, vulnerability, and personal growth.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781982195069
Publication Date: 2023
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A Crowd of One: The Future of Individual Identity
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John Clippinger
John Clippinger brilliantly illuminates how the Enlightenment itself -- the high point of individual assertiveness -- was a product not just of a few moments of individual inspiration and creativity, but rather of a societal shift that allowed innovation and creativity to flourish. Now, the digitalization of society, which affects all of us already, allows new insight into these questions: What does it require for societies, organizations and individuals, to thrive? Who decides who you are? How can happiness be shared and spread? Who can you trust?
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781586485801
Publication Date: 2007
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Mindmasters: The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior
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Sandra Matz
A fascinating exploration of how algorithms penetrate the most intimate aspects of our psychology—from the pioneering expert on psychological targeting. In Mindmasters, Columbia Business School professor Sandra Matz reveals in fascinating detail how big data offers insights into the most intimate aspects of our psyches and how these insights empower an external influence over the choices we make.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781647826321
Publication Date: 2025
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How Technology, Social Media, and Current Events Profoundly Affect Adolescents
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Mark Goldstein M.D.
How Technology, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Current Events Profoundly Affect Adolescents examines eighteen contemporary issues and their impact on the biological, psychological, and social domains in adolescents. Using research and clinical studies, this book reviews a host of issues that includes sleep, obesity, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, substance use, suicidality/self-harm, cyberbullying, racism/discrimination, LGBTQ, gender dysphoria, poverty, divorce, bereavement, mortality, and more.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780197640746
Publication Date: 2024
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Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
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Johann Hari
Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening—and how to get our attention back. Crucially, Hari learned how we can reclaim our focus—as individuals, and as a society—if we are determined to fight for it.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781526620248
Publication Date: 2022
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The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation
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Cathy O'Neil
Shame is a powerful and sometimes useful tool: When we publicly shame corrupt politicians, abusive celebrities, or predatory corporations, we reinforce values of fairness and justice. It is increasingly being weaponized--used as a way to shift responsibility for social problems from institutions to individuals. O'Neil explores the machinery behind all this shame, showing how governments, corporations, and the healthcare system capitalize on it. There are damning stories of rehab clinics, reentry programs, drug and diet companies, and social media platforms--all of which profit from "punching down" on the vulnerable.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781984825469
Publication Date: 2022
Denial: How We Hide, Ignore, and Explain Away Problems
by
From climate change to fake news, an entertaining and enlightening look at the widespread phenomenon of denial in our society. In wide-ranging examples, Del Rosso explores the causes, strategies, and consequences of denial. Del Rosso effectively argues that recognizing what denial looks like is the crucial first step in mitigating its effects on us and society as a whole.
Fear Itself : The Causes and Consequences of Fear in America
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Drawing on five years of data from the Chapman Survey of American Fears—which canvasses a random, national sample of adults about a broad range of fears—Fear Itself offers new insights into what people are afraid of and how fear affects their lives. The authors also draw on participant observation with Doomsday preppers and conspiracy theorists to provide fascinating narratives about subcultures of fear.
How Fear Works: Culture of Fear in the Twenty-First Century
by
In How Fear Works, Furedi seeks to explain two interrelated themes: why has fear acquired such a morally commanding status in society today and how has the way we fear today changed from the way that it was experienced in the past? He believes that through understanding how fear works, we can encourage attitudes that will help bring about a less fearful future.
The Righteous Mind : Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
by
Drawing on his twenty-five years of groundbreaking research on moral psychology, Jonathan Haidt shows how moral judgments arise not from reason but from gut feelings. He shows why liberals, conservatives, and libertarians have such different intuitions about right and wrong, and he shows why each side is actually right about many of its central concerns. In this subtle yet accessible book, Haidt gives you the key to understanding the miracle of human cooperation, as well as the curse of our eternal divisions and conflicts.
Cognitive Harmony: The Role of Systemic Harmony in the Constitution of Knowledge
by
This novel approach to epistemological discourse explains the complex but crucial role that systematization plays-not just for the organization of what we know, but also for its validation. Cognitive Harmony argues for a new conception of the process philosophers generally call induction. Relying on the root definition of harmony, a coherent unification of component parts (systemic integrity) in such a way that the final object can successfully accomplish what it was meant to do (evaluative positivity), Rescher discusses the role of harmony in cognitive contexts, the history of cognitive harmony, and the various features it has in producing human knowledge.
Thinking with Your Hands: The Surprising Science Nehind How Gestures Shape Our Thoughts
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In Thinking with Your Hands, esteemed cognitive psychologist Susan Goldin-Meadow argues that gesture is vital to how we think, learn, and communicate. Sweeping and ambitious, Thinking with Your Hands promises to transform the way we think about language and communication.
Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves
by
A groundbreaking book that reveals the hidden architecture of our conversations and how even small improvements can have a profound impact on our relationships in work and life. Drawing on the new science of conversation, Brooks distills lessons that show how we can better understand, learn from, and delight each other.
Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well
by
In Right Kind of Wrong, Edmondson provides the framework to think, discuss, and practice failure wisely. Outlining the three archetypes of failure--basic, complex, and intelligent--Amy showcases how to minimize unproductive failure while maximizing what we gain from flubs of all stripes. With vivid, real-life stories from business, pop culture, history, and more, Edmondson gives us specifically tailored practices, skills, and mindsets to help us replace shame and blame with curiosity, vulnerability, and personal growth.
The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement
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Filled with arresting, alarming, and even amusing stories of vanity gone off the tracks, The Narcissism Epidemic is at once a riveting window into the consequences of narcissism, a prescription to combat the widespread problems it causes, and a probing analysis of the culture at large.
A Crowd of One: The Future of Individual Identity
by
John Clippinger brilliantly illuminates how the Enlightenment itself -- the high point of individual assertiveness -- was a product not just of a few moments of individual inspiration and creativity, but rather of a societal shift that allowed innovation and creativity to flourish. Now, the digitalization of society, which affects all of us already, allows new insight into these questions: What does it require for societies, organizations and individuals, to thrive? Who decides who you are? How can happiness be shared and spread? Who can you trust?
Mindmasters: The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior
by
A fascinating exploration of how algorithms penetrate the most intimate aspects of our psychology—from the pioneering expert on psychological targeting. In Mindmasters, Columbia Business School professor Sandra Matz reveals in fascinating detail how big data offers insights into the most intimate aspects of our psyches and how these insights empower an external influence over the choices we make.
How Technology, Social Media, and Current Events Profoundly Affect Adolescents
by
How Technology, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Current Events Profoundly Affect Adolescents examines eighteen contemporary issues and their impact on the biological, psychological, and social domains in adolescents. Using research and clinical studies, this book reviews a host of issues that includes sleep, obesity, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, substance use, suicidality/self-harm, cyberbullying, racism/discrimination, LGBTQ, gender dysphoria, poverty, divorce, bereavement, mortality, and more.
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
by
Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening—and how to get our attention back. Crucially, Hari learned how we can reclaim our focus—as individuals, and as a society—if we are determined to fight for it.
The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation
by
Shame is a powerful and sometimes useful tool: When we publicly shame corrupt politicians, abusive celebrities, or predatory corporations, we reinforce values of fairness and justice. It is increasingly being weaponized--used as a way to shift responsibility for social problems from institutions to individuals. O'Neil explores the machinery behind all this shame, showing how governments, corporations, and the healthcare system capitalize on it. There are damning stories of rehab clinics, reentry programs, drug and diet companies, and social media platforms--all of which profit from "punching down" on the vulnerable.
