Psychology

Why Do People Spend So Much on Fake Stuff?

“We are built with an almost infinite capacity to believe things because the beliefs are advantageous for us to hold, rather than because they are even remotely related to the truth.” – Dee Hock

Prashanth Narayan

Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows — ‘What a world you’ve got inside you.’ | The On Being Project

onbeing.org

Jay Matthews

Losing Love, Finding Love, and Living with the Fragility of It All

Maria Popova themarginalian.org

Yufa

Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It)

William Poundstone • 3 highlights

amazon.com

sari

The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain

Annie Murphy Paul nextbigideaclub.com

ssari

humans have vibes, computers don't.

i used to be pretty 'traumatized' in the classic sense - nightmares, difficulty sleeping, etc. Over the course of a 1-2 years I managed to fix nearly all of it. I used a lot of techniques - but one thing that was noticeably absent in my healing was psychological narrative. 1/

Aella

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ggabriel

Thread on healing trauma — unnecessary need to understand psychological narratives (“why?”)

The Body Keeps The Score

besselvanderkolk.com

lindo

Understanding Social Signals: How Do We Recognize the Intentions of Others?

Frontiers of Psychology frontiersin.org

Danielle Vermeer