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A playful, humbling tour through the many ways your brain tricks you into thinking you're a rational human being. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with You are Not So Smart.
- mind-expanding
- lighthearted
- curious
- humbling
- 01
You are now less dumb
David McRaney
A witty, humbling tour through the funhouse mirror of your own mind that proves you aren't nearly as rational as you think.
- 02
The art of thinking clearly
Rolf Dobelli
A brisk, humbling, and ultimately empowering field guide to outsmarting your own irrational brain.
- 03
How we know what isn't so
Thomas Gilovich
A clarifying exploration of human fallibility that dismantles the comforting illusions of false belief.
- 04
The Intelligence Trap
David Robson
A humbling and illuminating exploration of why brilliant minds make foolish mistakes, and how to cultivate the intellectual humility needed to avoid them.
- 05
Scout Mindset
Julia Galef
A refreshing, clear-eyed guide to dropping your intellectual defenses and learning to see the world as it actually is.
- 06
The elephant in the brain
Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson
A cheerful but ruthless dismantling of every noble motive you thought you had.
- 07
Perfectly irrational
Dan Ariely
A playful, eye-opening tour through the hidden quirks and cognitive blind spots that secretly run our lives.
- 08
Stumbling on happiness
Daniel Gilbert
A hilarious and humbling tour through the blind spots of the human mind that will make you rethink everything you thought you wanted.
- 09
How we learn
Benedict Carey
A reassuring, science-backed permission slip to stop cramming and start letting your brain learn the way it actually wants to.
- 10
Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain
Lisa Feldman Barrett
A brisk, mind-expanding tour through the gray blob between your ears that shatters popular myths about human behavior.
- 11
The World Beyond Your Head
Matthew B. Crawford
A philosophically rigorous and deeply tactile defense of paying attention to the physical world in an era of digital fragmentation.
- 12
The brain
David Eagleman
A mind-expanding journey into the dark, silent fortress of the skull to discover how biological matter constructs our entire reality.
