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Books like Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson is about self-justification, cognitive dissonance, memory. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Daniel Kahneman · Psychology
Thinking, Fast and Slow is Daniel Kahneman's account of the two cognitive systems that govern human thought.
Read the summary → - The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
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The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
Philip Zimbardo · Psychology
Philip Zimbardo designed the Stanford Prison Experiment in 1971, then watched it spin out of control within days.
Read the summary → - You Are Not So Smart
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David McRaney · Psychology
David McRaney is a journalist who started a blog called "You Are Not So Smart" about self-delusion in 2009, and turned it into this book in 2011.
Read the summary → - Stumbling on Happiness
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Daniel Gilbert · Psychology
Daniel Gilbert is a Harvard psychologist whose central finding, after decades of studying affective forecasting, is that humans are systematically wrong about what will make them happy.
Read the summary → - The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty
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The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty
Dan Ariely · Psychology
Dan Ariely is a behavioral economist at Duke who studies irrational behavior, and this book applies that framework to a question most people prefer not to examine too closely: why do people cheat?
Read the summary → - 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
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100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
Susan Weinschenk · Psychology
Susan Weinschenk is a behavioral scientist and UX consultant, and this book is her translation of cognitive science research into practical guidance for designers.
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