{"product_id":"hard-to-be-human-9781459748842","title":"Hard to Be Human","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePowerful strategies to combat the design flaws of the human brain that make life in the twenty-first century unreasonably difficult.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf other animals could study us the way we study them, they would be puzzled by our unique ability to inflict misery on ourselves. We expend a lot of energy replaying past anguish, anticipating future distress, and stewing in self-righteous anger. Other animals would call us out for being oddly paradoxical creatures who long to be happy but who are the source of their own suffering, We worry about things we have no control over. We complain about not being understood while casting a critical eye on others. We stubbornly defend our beliefs despite contradictory evidence. Complicating all of this is our struggle to adapt to a complex world that we created. who struggle to adapt to a confusing world that we ourselves created.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn our defence, we haven't yet mastered our neuron-packed brains, whose incredible complexity ev\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTed Cadsby's revealing and engaging book demonstrates that we can harness the power in our heads and get out of our own way. A hopeful manual for actually living a better life. * Amanda Lang, bestselling author and award-winning business journalist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction: Other Animals Have It Easier\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: The Human Predicament\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Big Cognitive Problem\u003cbr\u003e2. Huge Metacognitive Solution\u003cbr\u003e Part 2: A Fix for Every Flaw\u003cbr\u003e3. Flaw #1: We’re Greedy Reductionists 4. Fix #1: Reining in Reductionism 5. Flaw #2: We’re Addicted to Certainty  6. Fix #2: Breaking Our Addiction\u003cbr\u003e7. Flaw #3: We Hold Ourselves Emotionally Hostage\u003cbr\u003e8. Fix #3:  Freeing the Hostage\u003cbr\u003e9. Flaw #4: We Compete with Ourselves\u003cbr\u003e10. Fix #4: Being at One with Ourselves\u003cbr\u003e11. Flaw #5: We Misdirect Our Need for Meaning\u003cbr\u003e12. Fix #5: Pursuing the Meaning Feeling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eConclusion: We’re Still in Beta\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Group Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885721760087,"sku":"9781459748842","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hard-to-be-human-9781459748842","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}