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Books like Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious

Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious by Timothy D. Wilson is about unconscious mind, self-knowledge, introspection. 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.

  1. Thinking, Fast and Slow
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    Thinking, Fast and Slow

    Daniel Kahneman · Psychology

    Thinking, Fast and Slow is Daniel Kahneman's account of the two cognitive systems that govern human thought.

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  2. Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
    Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain

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    Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain

    David Eagleman · Psychology

    David Eagleman is a neuroscientist at Stanford who argues that the conscious self is a late, small, and largely uninformed participant in the brain's activity.

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  3. Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior
    Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior

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    Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior

    Leonard Mlodinow · Psychology

    Leonard Mlodinow is a theoretical physicist who writes accessible science for general audiences.

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  4. Predictably Irrational
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    Predictably Irrational

    Dan Ariely · Psychology

    Predictably Irrational is Dan Ariely's examination of how humans make decisions that are consistently, systematically irrational — not random or arbitrary, but irrational in ways that follow patterns.

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  5. Stumbling on Happiness
    Stumbling on Happiness

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    Stumbling on Happiness

    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.

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  6. 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
    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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