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If you are sincerely selfless, you can help others to achieve selflessness as well
Edward Slingerland • Trying Not to Try
DOWN WITH THE MAN (AND MADISON AVENUE): SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE AND THE HEDONIC TREADMILL
Edward Slingerland • Trying Not to Try
Trying Not to Try: Ancient China, Modern Science, and the Power of Spontaneity
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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
The Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science
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Our cognitive apparatus is designed, at least in part, to sustain us in the long term rather than balm us in the near term.
Daniel H. Pink • The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward
people have a general tendency to stick with their current situation.
Richard H. Thaler • Nudge: The Final Edition
The first is that customs, traditions, and the like are subject to Darwinian selection. Henrich is not always clear on exactly what is being selected for—is it individuals who follow a tradition, groups whose members all follow the tradition, or the tradition itself?—but the general gist is that traditions stick around longest when they are a... See more