9 Best Articles in 2020
Gabriel Weinberg
Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful
Gabriel Weinberg
2482 saves · From 2016 · Gabriel Weinberg · Update: Since this post came out, I co-authored a book about it called Super Thinking. Get notified about book updates here (currently…
Visual Capitalist
50 Cognitive Biases in the Modern World
Visual Capitalist
10 min read · 1586 saves · Feb 1st · Marcus Lu · Our rapidly evolving world forces us to adopt distinct patterns of behavior, and in the process, paves the way for new cognitive biases to emerge.
insidemymind.me
Today I Learned That Not Everyone Has An Internal Monologue And It Has Ruined My?Day.
insidemymind.me
3 min read · 1194 saves · Jan 28th · My day was completely ruined yesterday when I stumbled upon a fun fact that absolutely obliterated my mind. I saw this tweet yesterday that said that not everyone has an internal monologue in their…
The Atlantic
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
The Atlantic
1100 saves · From 2017 · Jean M. Twenge · More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis.
medium.com
How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist — Medium
medium.com
~16 min read · 1084 saves · From 2016 · When using technology, we often focus optimistically on all the things it does for us. But I want you to show you where it might do the opposite.
The New Yorker
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
The New Yorker
~12 min read · 1045 saves · From 2017 · New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason.
BBC News (World)
Why procrastination is about managing emotions, not time
BBC News (World)
5 min read · 973 saves · Jan 23rd · Address the real reasons you procrastinate and you’re more likely to start achieving your goals.
Mashable
How to stop caring what people think about you
Mashable
7 min read · 851 saves · Feb 26th · Rachel Thompson · It's not simple. But it's part of being human.
Farnam Street
An Introduction to Mental Models
Farnam Street
803 saves · From 2015 · Discover how the smartest people in the world use a latticework of mental models to make better decisions, avoid problems, and achieve better results.
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Are people with dark personality traits more likely to succeed?
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5 min read · 179 saves · Dec 8th · Turn towards the light: contrary to popular belief, nice guys have more success and happiness in the long run
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The Psychology of Causality
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4 min read · 154 saves · Dec 10th · A new mathematical model of causal judgment reproduces people's intuition better than previous models.
The Guardian
Has a year of living with Covid-19 rewired our brains?
The Guardian
~13 min read · 117 saves · Dec 13th · Paula Cocozza · The pandemic is expected to precipitate a mental health crisis, but perhaps also a chance to approach life with new clarity
Brain Pickings
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6 min read · 92 saves · Dec 8th · Maria Popova · “Our experiences trump everything else, but mostly, those experiences are incredibly skewed: they teach us, but they don’t teach us well.”
Psychology Today
The Best Way to Deal with the Selfish People in Your Life
Psychology Today
3 min read · 88 saves · Dec 15th · During a season of giving, what happens when someone refuses to give?
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Confiding In Others Improves Your Health, But How?
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4 min read · 73 saves · Dec 15th · On the psychology of sharing secrets.
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True gratitude is a communal emotion, not a wellness practice
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6 min read · 50 saves · Dec 16th · Positive psychology touts the personal benefits of gratitude. It’s actually a challenging emotion that binds communities
The New York Times
We Know How to Curb the Pandemic. How Do We Make People Listen?
The New York Times
5 min read · 30 saves · Dec 10th · Kim Tingley · Could better public health messaging persuade more people to change their behavior?
NPR
Psychologist On Why Funerals Are Fundamental To Processing Grief
NPR
2 min read · 16 saves · Dec 14th · People being unable to gather or see the bodies of people who died of COVID-19 is having profound psychological effects that will last for years, says psychologist Christy Denckla of Harvard.
