Is it better to be WEIRD?
In The WEIRDest People in the World, Joseph Henrich never claims that WEIRD psychology (as in, the prevailing psychology in Western, Educated, […]
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Book Summary: The WEIRDest People in the World by Joseph Henrich
My latest summary is for The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph […]
Book Summary: Scarcity by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir
This summary of Scarcity: The True Cost of Not Having Enough by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir explains how scarcity changes the […]
Criticisms of “The Righteous Mind” by Jonathan Haidt
In this post, I levy several criticisms at Jonathan Haidt’s generally excellent book, The Righteous Mind. You can find my summary of […]
Book Summary: The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
In The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion, Jonathan Haidt argues that there’s more to morality than […]
Problems with “The Paradox of Choice”
I liked The Paradox of Choice. I liked it enough to read it twice. Schwartz makes some excellent points that paved the […]
Book Summary: Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
This summary of Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert explains why we consistently err in predicting what will make us happy. The […]
Can maximisers become satisficers? If so, how?
A message that comes through strongly in Barry Schwartz’s The Paradox of Choice is the idea that we should try to become […]
Why should you want to be a satisficer?
In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz set out two decision-making styles: maximising and satisficing. Maximisers aim to choose the best option […]
Book Summary: The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz
We often assume that more choice is better. After al, if we don’t like the added options, can’t we just ignore them? […]