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Books like You Are Not So Smart

You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney is about self-delusion, cognitive bias, reasoning. 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. The Art of Thinking Clearly
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    The Art of Thinking Clearly

    Rolf Dobelli · Psychology

    Rolf Dobelli is a Swiss entrepreneur and novelist who wrote a series of short newspaper columns on cognitive biases, later collected and expanded into this book.

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  2. Thinking, Fast and Slow
    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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  3. Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
    Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)

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    Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)

    Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson · Psychology

    Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson wrote this book about the mechanisms by which people protect their sense of themselves as competent, moral, and well-intentioned after they have done something that contradicts that self-image.

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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. A General Theory of Love
    A General Theory of Love

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    A General Theory of Love

    Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon · Psychology

    A General Theory of Love is a 2000 book by three psychiatrists at the University of California, San Francisco — Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon — who set out to explain love scientifically without stripping it of its significance.

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