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Look again : the power of noticing what was always there / Tali Sharot and Cass R. Sunstein.
Have you ever noticed that what is thrilling on Monday becomes boring by Friday? Even exciting relationships, stimulating jobs, and breathtaking works of art lose their sparkle after a while. It's not just the good things. People also get used to dirty air, bad relationships, risk, lies, and misinformation. Why do we habituate? And what would happen if we could regain sensitivity to the great and terrible things in life? 'Look Again' is a groundbreaking new study of how disrupting our well-worn routines, both good and bad, can rejuvenate our days and reset our brains to allow us to live happier and more fulfilling lives.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781668008201 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: x, 271 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : One Signal Publishers/Atria, 2024.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : how we habituate to everything, all the time -- Part I. Well-being -- Happiness : on ice cream, the midlife crisis, and monogamy -- Variety : why you should chop up the good but swallow the bad whole -- Social media : how to wake up from a technologically induced coma -- Resilience : a crucial ingredient for a healthy mind -- Part II. Thinking and believing -- Creativity : overcoming the habituation of thought -- Lying : how to keep your child from growing a long nose -- (Mis)information : how to make people believe (almost) anything -- Part III. Health and safety -- Risk : what the Swedes taught us on högertrafikomläggningen -- Environment : you could live next to a pig farm in the south during summer -- Part IV. Society -- Progress : breaking the chains of low expectations -- Discrimination : the gentle Jew, the miniskirt-wearing scientist, and the children who were just not cool -- Tyranny : the devastatingly incremental nature of descent into fascism -- Law : putting a price on pain? -- Experiments in living : the future of dishabituation. |
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| Subject: | Change (Psychology) Conduct of life. Habit. Perception. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- Baker & Taylor
A neuroscience professor and a Harvard law professor team up in this groundbreaking work, based on decades of research in the psychological and biological sciences, that shows how disrupting our routines can lead to seeing, feeling and noticing againâand embracing much-needed change to live happier, more fulfilling lives. Illustrations. - Baker & Taylor
A neuroscience professor and a Harvard law professor team up in this groundbreaking work, based on decades of research in the psychological and biological sciences, that shows how disrupting our routines can lead to seeing, feeling and noticing again--and embracing much-needed change to live happier, more fulfilling lives. - Simon and Schuster
This âsmart and fun read, and a valuable way to revitalize your lifeâ (Walter Isaacson) deftly explains how disrupting our well-worn routines, both good and bad, can rejuvenate and reset our brains for the better.
Have you ever noticed that what is exciting on Monday tends to become boring on Friday? Even passionate relationships, stimulating jobs, and breathtaking works of art lose their sparkle after a while. As easy as it is to stop noticing what is most wonderful in our lives, itâs also possible to stop noticing what is terrible. People get used to dirty air. They become unconcerned by their own misconduct, blind to inequality, and are more liable to believe misinformation than ever before.
Now, neuroscience professor Tali Sharot and Harvard law professor (and presidential advisor) Cass R. Sunstein investigate why we stop noticing both the great and not-so-great things around us and how to âdishabituateâ at the office, in the bedroom, at the store, on social media, and in the voting booth.
This groundbreaking and âsensational guide to a more psychological rich lifeâ (Angela Duckworth, New York Times bestselling author), based on decades of research, illuminates how we can reignite the sparks of joy, innovate, and recognize where improvements urgently need to be made. The key to this disruptionâto seeing, feeling, and noticing againâis change. By temporarily changing your environment, changing the rules, changing the people you interact withâor even just stepping back and imagining changeâyou regain sensitivity, allowing you to identify more clearly the bad and more deeply appreciate the good.
