Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities and also the faults and biases of fast thinking, and the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on peoples' thoughts and choices.

"Pretty much all the advice about happiness we have heard revolves around one basic assumption: that we can think ourselves happier. But in HAPPINESS BY DESIGN, behavior and happiness expert Paul Dolan reveals that the key to being happy does not lie in changing how we think--it's changing what we do"-- Provided by publisher.

Featuring a foreword by David
Brooks, This
Will Make You Smarter presents brilliant—but accessible—ideas
to expand every mind.

What
scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit? This
is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, posed to the world's most
influential thinkers. Their visionary answers flow from the frontiers of
psychology, philosophy, economics,

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"A Wharton economist's radical framework for empowering women to design a life that goes beyond the work-life binary to create true joy, balance, and fulfillment. To be a woman in America today is to be chronically tired. We face unsustainable demands on our time and efforts in every sphere. Traditional advice urges us work harder, optimize better, and, when all else fails, "self-care." The implicit message is that it is our fault that we are overwhelmed,...