Look again : the power of noticing what was always there

Sharot, Tali (author.). Sunstein, Cass R., (author.).

Summary: 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: print
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.