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Loserthink : How untrained brains are ruining the world

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: [New York] : Portfolio/Penguin, ©2019Edition: 1Description: 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780593190104
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153.42 ADA-L
Contents:
What is loserthink? -- Political warming -- Thinking like a psychologist -- Thinking like an artist -- Thinking like an historian -- Thinking like an engineer -- Thinking like a leader -- Thinking like a scientist -- Thinking like an entrepreneur -- Thinking like an economist -- Things pundits say that you should not copy -- The golden age filter -- How to break out of your mental prison -- How to break others out of their mental prisons -- A final word.
Summary: "No matter how smart or well-informed you are, you're probably trapped in a mental prison without knowing it. Scott Adams, the world-famous creator of Dilbert and New York Times bestselling author of Win Bigly, teaches us how to recognize and avoid the "loserthink" that prevents us from seeing outside our own bubbles of reality"--
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Book Book Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics 153.42 ADA-L (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available DCB3818

the book has very good intentions. The power and prevalence of propaganda, and the ease of falling into an echo-chamber have both exploded in the last two decades.

What is loserthink? --
Political warming --
Thinking like a psychologist --
Thinking like an artist --
Thinking like an historian --
Thinking like an engineer --
Thinking like a leader --
Thinking like a scientist --
Thinking like an entrepreneur --
Thinking like an economist --
Things pundits say that you should not copy --
The golden age filter --
How to break out of your mental prison --
How to break others out of their mental prisons --
A final word.


"No matter how smart or well-informed you are, you're probably trapped in a mental prison without knowing it. Scott Adams, the world-famous creator of Dilbert and New York Times bestselling author of Win Bigly, teaches us how to recognize and avoid the "loserthink" that prevents us from seeing outside our own bubbles of reality"--

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