Showing posts with label Books and Reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books and Reading. Show all posts
Thursday, July 31, 2025

Reflections on Religion: Reference List

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 References for my previous post ( Garth Kroeker: Reflections on Religion: Part 2 ) Attenborough, D. (2006). Planet Earth. BBC. Attenborough...
Monday, April 22, 2024

"Spent" by Geoffrey Miller -- a discussion of evolutionary psychology

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 "Spent" is a good book by evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller, looking particularly at consumer behaviour, including purcha...
Tuesday, March 26, 2024

"Determined" by Robert Sapolsky

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 Robert Sapolsky is a great scientist with deep wisdom to share about humanity.  His recent book, Determined , is another must-read.   The f...
Friday, August 4, 2023

"The Power of Us" by Jay Van Bavel & Dominic Packer: a recommendation, review, and applications in psychiatry

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 Jay Van Bavel and Dominic Packer are social psychologists whose recent book, The Power of Us, is a nice review of basic social psychology w...
Friday, May 26, 2023

Foolproof, by Sander van der Linden: a recommendation, review, and analogy with psychotherapy

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I strongly recommend a new book by Cambridge psychologist Sander van der Linden, entitled Foolproof: why misinformation infects our minds an...
Thursday, August 18, 2022

How Minds Change by David McRaney: a book review and discussion

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David McRaney, in his new book called "How Minds Change" (2022), reviews our understanding of why people can form tenacious belief...
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022

"The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction is Not a Disease" by Marc Lewis

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Marc Lewis explores the neurobiology of addiction in this short book, with proposed approaches to better understanding and helping people wh...
Monday, May 23, 2022

The Elephant in the Brain & The Folly of Fools

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 Two more books to recommend:   The Folly of Fools (2011) by Robert Trivers and The Elephant in the Brain (2018)  by Kevin Simler & Robi...
Monday, April 25, 2022

Review: Shrinking Violets: The Secret Life of Shyness, by Joe Moran

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 Joe Moran's book is a nice exploration of various historical figures (such as authors, poets, and musicians) who had what he calls ...
Sunday, April 3, 2022

Review: Blueprint by Nicholas Christakis

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 I am happy to have discovered Christakis and his work, in an area I would call “evolutionary sociology” or “mathematical sociology.”   Blue...
Wednesday, March 23, 2022

The Urge: Our History of Addiction, by Carl Erik Fisher

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The Urge: Our History of Addiction , by Carl Erik Fisher  is a good book about the history of addiction, weaved together with a story of the...
Friday, December 10, 2021

Recommended Reading 2021: an updated book list

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 Updated list of interesting books that I encourage checking out: Steven Pinker: Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence has Declin...