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Reads tagged with “psychology”

The Astonishing Visual Lists of Autistic Savant Gregory Blackstock
The Astonishing Visual Lists of Autistic Savant Gregory Blackstock

From owls to lighthouses, or what a sixty-something retired pot washer can teach us about art and love.

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Choosing to Die: Sir Terry Pratchett Comes to Terms with His Death
Choosing to Die: Sir Terry Pratchett Comes to Terms with His Death

Befriending the Grim Reaper, or what Swiss sunshine has to do with the ultimate personal freedom.

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You Are Not So Smart: A Field Guide to the Brain’s Guile
You Are Not So Smart: A Field Guide to the Brain’s Guile

The science of why 600 Facebook “friends” are an illusion, or why brand loyalty is a product of the ego.

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What Is a Person?
What Is a Person?

What remix culture and philosophy have to do with personhood in the age of synthetic biology.

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Eli, No! An Illustrated Antidote to Perfectionism
Eli, No! An Illustrated Antidote to Perfectionism

What chasing squirrels has to do with reclaiming childhood from the grip of perfectionist parenting.

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And So It Goes: A Rare Glimpse of Kurt Vonnegut’s Tortured Soul
And So It Goes: A Rare Glimpse of Kurt Vonnegut’s Tortured Soul

The equilibrium of fiction, or what the Occupy movement can learn from a former GE PR executive.

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Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon
Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon

How Milton Glaser subverted Steve Jobs, or what the Mona Lisa has to do with Einstein’s theory of relativity.

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From Philosophy to Art, 10 Essential Books on Protest
From Philosophy to Art, 10 Essential Books on Protest

What Billie Holiday has to do with Burma, growing your own marijuana, and the American Revolution.

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How the Difference Between Your Experiencing Self and Your Remembering Self Shapes Your Happiness
How the Difference Between Your Experiencing Self and Your Remembering Self Shapes Your Happiness

Beneath the biases of intuition, or how your experiencing self and your remembering self shape your life.

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The Divided Brain, Animated: Iain McGilchrist on Consciousness and Connection
The Divided Brain, Animated: Iain McGilchrist on Consciousness and Connection

A hemispheric history of the making of the Western world, or why abstraction is necessary for empathy.

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