Books like Stumbling on Happiness
12 books with a reading profile close to Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Todd Gilbert. Balanced in tone; a moderate read.
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Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
analytical, accessible
Beverly Daniel Tatum uses clinical psychology and developmental frameworks to explain how racial identity forms in a society shaped by systemic inequality.
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The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
analytical, accessible
In this collection of essays, Amanda Montell examines how the human brain’s evolved cognitive biases clash with the information glut of the digital era.
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Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
analytical, accessible
David Eagleman argues that the conscious mind is a small passenger on a massive ship driven by hidden machinery.
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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
analytical, accessible
Nicholas Carr argues that our constant interaction with the internet is physically reshaping our neural pathways.
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
analytical, accessible
Robin DiAngelo defines white fragility as a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves including anger, fear, and guilt.
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Altered Traits
by Daniel Goleman, Richard J. Davidson
analytical, accessible
Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson analyze the scientific data surrounding meditation to distinguish between temporary mental states and enduring neurological shifts.
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The Sociopath Next Door
by Martha Stout
analytical, accessible
Martha Stout argues that one in twenty-five people lacks a conscience, meaning they experience no guilt or remorse regardless of their actions.
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Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality
analytical, accessible
Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá argue that humans are not naturally monogamous but evolved in egalitarian, promiscuous hunter-gatherer groups.
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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
analytical, accessible
Malcolm Gladwell examines the recurring failures that occur when we attempt to decipher the intentions of people we do not know.
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How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
analytical, accessible
Michael Pollan chronicles the resurgence of clinical research into lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and psilocybin, tracing their transition from fifties psychiatric tools to prohibited counterculture symbols.
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The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
analytical, accessible
Jonathan Haidt uses the metaphor of a wild elephant and its rider to explain the tension between the emotional, instinctive brain and the logical, rational mind.
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