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  • Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything
  • Speed: Facing Our Addiction to Fast and Faster–And Overcoming OurFear of Slowing Down
  • The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t
  • The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
  • The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
  • This Is My America
  • The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee
  • The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness
  • Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
  • Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

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  • Dr. Carol Tavris
  • Penn Jillette
  • Stephanie Brown
  • B.J. Fogg
  • Dr. Laurie Santos
  • Kate Davis
  • Mary Roach

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  • Bully
  • Netizens
  • Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland
  • Holy Hierarchy: The Religious Roots of Racism In America

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  • Rationally Speaking Podcast

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    Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

    / All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Complex Realities, Cultures, Emotions, Evolution, Extreme Thinking, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Friendships, Gender Roles, Happiness, HEALTH, Hidden Motives, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logical Ethics, Medical Experts, Mental Health, Opinions, Other People Exist, Over-all Health, Physical Health, Planning, Pride & Shame, Regrets, Relationships, Rewards and Punishments, Science, Social Skills, Societies, Technology, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, What Should Be / By

    Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

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    Book Decription:

    In Bonk, the best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and insight on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex. Can a person think herself to orgasm? Why doesn’t Viagra help women-or, for that matter, pandas? Can a dead man get an erection? Is vaginal orgasm a myth? Mary Roach shows us how and why sexual arousal and orgasm-two of the most complex, delightful, and amazing scientific phenomena on earth-can be so hard to achieve and what science is doing to make the bedroom a more satisfying place.

    Categories: All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Complex Realities, Cultures, Emotions, Evolution, Extreme Thinking, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Friendships, Gender Roles, Happiness, HEALTH, Hidden Motives, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logical Ethics, Medical Experts, Mental Health, Opinions, Other People Exist, Over-all Health, Physical Health, Planning, Pride & Shame, Regrets, Relationships, Rewards and Punishments, Science, Social Skills, Societies, Technology, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

    Author: Mary Roach

    Website: Link

    Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

    Publishing Date: 2009-04-06

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    Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

    / All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Biases, Blame, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Environmental Science, Evolution, Extreme Thinking, Fear of the Unknown, Hidden Motives, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Other People Exist, Planning, Power, Quantity vs Quality, Rewards and Punishments, Science, Societies, THINKING, This or That Thinking, What Should Be / By

    Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

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    Book Decription:

    Roach tags along with animal-attack forensics investigators, human-elephant conflict specialists, bear managers, and “danger tree” faller blasters. Intrepid as ever, she travels from leopard-terrorized hamlets in the Indian Himalaya to St. Peter’s Square in the early hours before the pope arrives for Easter Mass, when vandal gulls swoop in to destroy the elaborate floral display. She taste-tests rat bait, learns how to install a vulture effigy, and gets mugged by a macaque.

    Combining little-known forensic science and conservation genetics with a motley cast of laser scarecrows, langur impersonators, and trespassing squirrels, Roach reveals as much about humanity as about nature’s lawbreakers. When it comes to “problem” wildlife, she finds, humans are more often the problem—and the solution. Fascinating, witty, and humane, Fuzz offers hope for compassionate coexistence in our ever-expanding human habitat.

    Categories: All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Biases, Blame, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Environmental Science, Evolution, Extreme Thinking, Fear of the Unknown, Hidden Motives, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Other People Exist, Planning, Power, Quantity vs Quality, Rewards and Punishments, Science, Societies, THINKING, This or That Thinking, and What Should Be

    Author: Mary Roach

    Website: Link

    Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

    Publishing Date: 2021-09-14

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    Mary Roach

    / BEHAVIOR, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Environmental Science, Exclusionary Behavior, Fear of the Unknown, Gender Roles, Hidden Motives, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Lying, Negative Thinking, Opinions, Other People Exist, Planning, Power, Quantity vs Quality, Relationships, Rewards and Punishments, Science, Social Skills, Societies, Technology, The Scientific Method, THINKING, Unhealthy Behavior, What Should Be / By

    Mary Roach

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    Biography:

    Mary Roach is the author of six New York Times bestsellers, including STIFF: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers; GULP: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, and PACKING FOR MARS: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. Her new book FUZZ: When Nature Breaks the Law, debuts in September 2021. Mary’s books have been published in 21 languages, and her second book, SPOOK, was a New York Times Notable Book. Mary has written for National Geographic, Wired, The New York Times Magazine, and the Journal of Clinical Anatomy, among others. She was a guest editor of the Best American Science and Nature Writing series and an Osher Fellow with the San Francisco Exploratorium and serves as an advisor for Orion and Undark magazines. She has been a finalist for the Royal Society’s Winton Prize and a winner of the American Engineering Societies’ Engineering Journalism Award, in a category for which, let’s be honest, she was the sole entrant.

    Main expertice: BEHAVIOR, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Environmental Science, Exclusionary Behavior, Fear of the Unknown, Gender Roles, Hidden Motives, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Lying, Negative Thinking, Opinions, Other People Exist, Planning, Power, Quantity vs Quality, Relationships, Rewards and Punishments, Science, Social Skills, Societies, Technology, The Scientific Method, THINKING, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

    Website: Link

    Works of Mary Roach

    Books
  • Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
  • Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
  • Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
  • Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
  • Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

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    The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness

    / BEHAVIOR, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Emotions, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Gender Roles, Happiness, HEALTH, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Mental Health, Negative Thinking, Other People Exist, Planning, Pride & Shame, Rewards and Punishments, Science, Social Skills, Teachers and Mentors, The Scientific Method, THINKING, Unhealthy Behavior, What Should Be / By

    The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness

    Cover of The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happinessbook

    Book Decription:

    Offering herself up as a human guinea pig in a series of thoroughly unscientific experiments, Poundstone tries out a different get-happy hypothesis in each chapter of her data-driven search. She gets in shape with taekwondo. She drives fast behind the wheel of a Lamborghini. She communes with nature while camping with her daughter, and commits to getting her house organized (twice!). Swing dancing? Meditation? Volunteering? Does any of it bring her happiness? You may be laughing too hard to care.

    The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness is both a story of jumping into new experiences with both feet and a surprisingly poignant tale of a single working mother of three children (not to mention dozens of cats, a dog, a bearded dragon lizard, a lop-eared bunny, and one ant left from her ant farm) who is just trying to keep smiling while living a busy life.

    The queen of the skepticism-fueled rant, Paula Poundstone stands alone in her talent for bursting bubbles and slaying sacred cows.

    Categories: BEHAVIOR, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Emotions, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Gender Roles, Happiness, HEALTH, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Mental Health, Negative Thinking, Other People Exist, Planning, Pride & Shame, Rewards and Punishments, Science, Social Skills, Teachers and Mentors, The Scientific Method, THINKING, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

    Author: Paula Poundstone

    Website: Link

    Publisher: Algonquin Books

    Publishing Date: 2017-05-09

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    Holy Hierarchy: The Religious Roots of Racism In America

    / All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Exclusionary Behavior, Extreme Thinking, Fear of the Unknown, Hidden Motives, Ideologies, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Lying, Other People Exist, Politics, Power, Pride & Shame, Race and Racism, Religious Thinking, Rewards and Punishments, Societies, The News Media, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, What Should Be / By

    Contradiction: A Question of Faith and Holy Hierarchy: The Religious Roots of Racism In America

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    Expert: Jeremiah Camara

    Website: Link

    Release Date: 2018-01-01

    Categories: All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Exclusionary Behavior, Extreme Thinking, Fear of the Unknown, Hidden Motives, Ideologies, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Lying, Other People Exist, Politics, Power, Pride & Shame, Race and Racism, Religious Thinking, Rewards and Punishments, Societies, The News Media, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

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    Kate Davis

    / All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Empathy, Exclusionary Behavior, Fear of the Unknown, Gender Roles, Hidden Motives, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Logical Ethics, Other People Exist, Power, Race and Racism, Rewards and Punishments, Societies, THINKING, Unhealthy Behavior, What Should Be / By

    Kate Davis

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    Biography:

    Kate Davis is an American director, producer and editor. She is best known for Southern Comfort (2001), and Traffic Stop (2017) for which she received Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject nomination with husband David at the 90th Academy Awards. More recently she and her husband, David Heilbroner, directed Say Her Name, a documentary about the life and death of Sandra Bland.

    Main expertice: All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Empathy, Exclusionary Behavior, Fear of the Unknown, Gender Roles, Hidden Motives, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Logical Ethics, Other People Exist, Power, Race and Racism, Rewards and Punishments, Societies, THINKING, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

    Website: Link

    Works of Kate Davis

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  • Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland

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    Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland

    / All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Empathy, Exclusionary Behavior, Extreme Thinking, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Friendships, Gender Roles, Hidden Motives, Ideologies, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Learning from Failures, Logical Ethics, Negative Thinking, Opinions, Other People Exist, Power, Race and Racism, Rewards and Punishments, Social Skills, Societies, The News Media, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, What Should Be / By

    Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland

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    Expert: Kate Davis

    Website: Link

    Release Date: 2018-11-09

    Categories: All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Empathy, Exclusionary Behavior, Extreme Thinking, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Friendships, Gender Roles, Hidden Motives, Ideologies, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Learning from Failures, Logical Ethics, Negative Thinking, Opinions, Other People Exist, Power, Race and Racism, Rewards and Punishments, Social Skills, Societies, The News Media, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

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    The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee

    / All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Blame, Change, Complex Realities, Emotions, Empathy, Exclusionary Behavior, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Friendships, Gender Roles, Happiness, HEALTH, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logical Ethics, Lying, Mental Health, Negative Thinking, Opinions, Other People Exist, Pride & Shame, Regrets, Relationships, Rewards and Punishments, Social Skills, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, What Should Be / By

    The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee

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    Book Decription:

    From the outrageously filthy and oddly innocent comedienne Sarah Silverman comes a memoir—her first book—that is at once shockingly personal, surprisingly poignant, and still pee-in-your-pants funny. If you like Sarah’s television show The Sarah Silverman Program, or memoirs such as Chelsea Handler’s Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea and Artie Lange’s Too Fat to Fish, you’ll love The Bedwetter.

    Categories: All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Blame, Change, Complex Realities, Emotions, Empathy, Exclusionary Behavior, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Friendships, Gender Roles, Happiness, HEALTH, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logical Ethics, Lying, Mental Health, Negative Thinking, Opinions, Other People Exist, Pride & Shame, Regrets, Relationships, Rewards and Punishments, Social Skills, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

    Author: Sarah Silverman

    Website: Link

    Publisher: Harper Collins

    Publishing Date: 2010-04-20

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    Dr. Laurie Santos

    / All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Blame, Change, Competitive Thinking, Complex Realities, Cultures, Disasters and Tragedies, Emotions, Empathy, Extreme Thinking, Fear of the Unknown, Gender Roles, Happiness, HEALTH, Hidden Motives, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logical Ethics, Medical Experts, Mental Health, Negative Thinking, Other People Exist, Over-all Health, Planning, Pride & Shame, Quantity vs Quality, Regrets, Relationships, Revenge, Rewards and Punishments, Science, Social Skills, Societies, Teachers and Mentors, The Scientific Method, Therapy, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, What Should Be / By

    Dr. Laurie Santos

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    Biography:

    Dr. Laurie Santos is Professor of Psychology and Head of Silliman College at Yale University. Dr. Santos is an expert on human cognition and the cognitive biases that impede better choices. Her course, “Psychology and the Good Life,” teaches students what the science of psychology says about how to make wiser choices and live a life that’s happier and more fulfilling. The class is Yale’s most popular course in over 300 years and has been adapted into a free Coursera program that has been taken by over 3.3 million people to date. Dr. Santos has been featured in numerous news outlets including the New York Times, NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, NPR, GQ Magazine, Slate, CNN and O, The Oprah Magazine. Dr. Santos is a winner of numerous awards both for her science and teaching from institutions such as Yale and the American Psychological Association. She has been featured as one of Popular Science’s “Brilliant 10” young minds and was named TIME’s “Leading Campus Celebrity.” Her podcast, The Happiness Lab, launched in 2019 has over 35 million downloads.

    Main expertice: All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Blame, Change, Competitive Thinking, Complex Realities, Cultures, Disasters and Tragedies, Emotions, Empathy, Extreme Thinking, Fear of the Unknown, Gender Roles, Happiness, HEALTH, Hidden Motives, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logical Ethics, Medical Experts, Mental Health, Negative Thinking, Other People Exist, Over-all Health, Planning, Pride & Shame, Quantity vs Quality, Regrets, Relationships, Revenge, Rewards and Punishments, Science, Social Skills, Societies, Teachers and Mentors, The Scientific Method, Therapy, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

    Website: Link

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  • The Happiness Lab

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    B.J. Fogg

    / All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Competitive Thinking, Complex Realities, Cultures, Emotions, Empathy, Exclusionary Behavior, Extreme Thinking, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Freewill, Friendships, Happiness, HEALTH, Hidden Motives, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Lying, Medical Experts, Mental Health, Negative Thinking, Other People Exist, Over-all Health, Physical Health, Planning, Pride & Shame, Quantity vs Quality, Regrets, Relationships, Rewards and Punishments, Social Skills, Societies, Teachers and Mentors, Therapy, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, What Should Be / By

    B.J. Fogg

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    Biography:

    BJ Fogg, PhD, is the founder and director of the Behavior Design Lab at Stanford University, where he has directed lab research for over 20 years.

    In addition to his research on human behavior, Fogg teaches industry innovators how to create successful products. His favorite professional training is the “Behavior Design Boot Camp,” which he teaches once a month.

    His book Tiny Habits is a New York Times Bestseller, and the editors at Amazon also selected this as the #1 book of 2020 in “Leadership and Business.”

    Main expertice: All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Competitive Thinking, Complex Realities, Cultures, Emotions, Empathy, Exclusionary Behavior, Extreme Thinking, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Freewill, Friendships, Happiness, HEALTH, Hidden Motives, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Lying, Medical Experts, Mental Health, Negative Thinking, Other People Exist, Over-all Health, Physical Health, Planning, Pride & Shame, Quantity vs Quality, Regrets, Relationships, Rewards and Punishments, Social Skills, Societies, Teachers and Mentors, Therapy, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

    Website: Link

    Works of B.J. Fogg

    Books
  • Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything

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