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Everybody Lies
What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
2017
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR'This book is about a whole new way of studying the mind ... Endlessly fascinating' Steven Pinker'A whirlwind tour of the modern human psyche' EconomistEverybody lies, to friends, lovers, doctors, pollsters – and to themselves. In Internet searc...
Don't Trust Your Gut
Using Data Instead of Instinct to Make Better Choices
2022
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THE NEW BOOK FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EVERYBODY LIES'Don't Trust Your Gut is a tour de force - an intoxicating blend of analysis, humor, and humanity' DANIEL H. PINK'Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is an expert on data-driven thinking, and this engaging book is full of surprising, useful insights for using the information at your fingertips to make better decisions' ADAM GRANTBig decisions are hard....
Don't Trust Your Gut
Using Data Instead of Instinct to Make Better Choices
- Narrated by
- Timothy Andrés Pabon
Unabridged
6 hours 9 min
2022
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Bloomsbury presents Don't Trust Your Gut by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, read by Timothy Andrés Pabon.THE NEW BOOK FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EVERYBODY LIES'Don’t Trust Your Gut is a tour de force — an intoxicating blend of analysis, humor, and humanity' DANIEL H. PINK'Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is an expert on data-driven thinking, and this engaging book is full of surprising, useful insights for using the information at your fingertips to make better decisions' ADA...
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The Madness of Crowds
Gender, Race and Identity; THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
2019
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA Times and Sunday Times Book of the YearUpdated with a new afterword by the author'Douglas Murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech ... A truthful look at today's most divisive issues' – Jordan B. Peterson'... Beyond brilliant and should be read, must be read, by everyone' – Richard Dawkins...
From Bacteria to Bach and Back
The Evolution of Minds
2017
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**'Required reading for anyone remotely curious about how they came to be remotely curious' Observer'Enthralling' Spectator**What is human consciousness and how is it possible? These questions fascinate thinking people from poets and painters to physicists, psychologists, and philosophers.This is Daniel C. Dennett's brilliant answer, extending perspectives from his earlier work in surprising directions, exploring the deep interactions of evolution,...
Barking Up the Wrong Tree
The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
2017
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Wall Street Journal BestsellerMuch of the advice we’ve been told about achievement and personal development is logical, earnest…and downright wrong. In Barking Up the Wrong Tree, Eric Barker reveals the extraordinary behavioral science behind what actually determines success and most importantly, how anyone can achieve it. You’ll learn:• Why valedictorians rarely become millionaires, and how your biggest weakness might actually be your gre...
Skin in the Game
Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
2018
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From the bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold book that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility'Skin in the game means that you do not pay attention to what people say, only to what they do, and how much of their neck they are putting on the line'Citizens, artisans, police, fishermen, political activists and entrepreneurs all have skin in the game. P...
A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics
A Neuroscientist on How to Make Sense of a Complex World
2016
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A guide to critical thinking in the 'post-truth' era, from the author of Sunday Times best-seller The Organized MindWe live in a world of information overload. Facts and figures on absolutely everything are at our fingertips, but are too often biased, distorted, or outright lies. From unemployment figures to voting polls, IQ tests to divorce rates, we're bombarded by seemingly plausible statistics on how people live and what they think. Daniel Lev...
Tamed
Ten Species that Changed our World
2017
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**'A masterpiece of evocative scientific storytelling.' BRIAN COX****'Will appeal to fans of Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens'. Mail on Sunday **The extraordinary story of the species that became our allies.Dogs became our companionsWheat fed a booming populationCattle gave us meat and milkMaize fuelled the growth o...
Humble Pi
A Comedy of Maths Errors
2019
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**The First Ever Maths Book to be a No.1 Bestseller**'Wonderful ... superb' Daily MailWhat makes a bridge wobble when it's not meant to? Billions of dollars mysteriously vanish into thin air? A building rock when its resonant frequency matches a gym class leaping to Snap's 1990 hit I've Got The Power? The answer is maths. Or, to be precise, what happens when maths goes wrong in the real world.As Matt Parker shows us...
The Big Con
How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies
2023
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There is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and the way business and government are managed today which must change.Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington show that our economies' reliance on companies such as McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and EY stunts innovation, obfuscates corporate and political accountability and impedes our collective mission of halting climate breakdown.The 'Big Con' de...
Enlightenment Now
The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
2018
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THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Bristles with pure, crystalline intelligence, deep knowledge and human sympathy' Richard DawkinsIs modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate progress and the ideals that make it possible?If you follow the headlines, the world in the 21st century appears to be sinking into chaos, hatred, and irrationality. Yet Steven Pinker shows that this ...











