{"product_id":"hard-to-be-human-ted-cadsby-9781459748842","title":"Hard to Be Human: Overcoming Our Five Cognitive Design Flaws","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePowerful strategies to combat the design flaws of the human brain that make life in the twenty-first century unreasonably difficult.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf other animals could study us the way we study them, they would be puzzled by our unique ability to inflict misery on ourselves. We expend a lot of energy replaying past anguish, anticipating future distress, and stewing in self-righteous anger. Other animals would call us out for being oddly paradoxical creatures who long to be happy but who are the source of their own suffering, We worry about things we have no control over. We complain about not being understood while casting a critical eye on others. We stubbornly defend our beliefs despite contradictory evidence. Complicating all of this is our struggle to adapt to a complex world that we created. who struggle to adapt to a confusing world that we ourselves created.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn our defence, we haven't yet mastered our neuron-packed brains, whose incredible complexity evolved over millennia in a very different world than today's. The result of this evolutionary journey? Five design features that often morph into design flaws in need of fixing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHard to Be Human\u003c\/em\u003e corrals the best insights from psychology, neuroscience, physics, and philosophy to reveal powerful strategies for the five big battles we each face in the war with our misguided, misbehaving selves. Tapping into deeply personal stories to ground the concepts in real life, Cadsby reveals how we can overcome our design flaws to be smarter, happier, and better adapted to the complexities of life in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ted Cadsby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1459748840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459748842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Ted Cadsby","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994404389119,"sku":"9781459748842","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_543ced2a-4bf8-4ce4-b83b-bfc6abfcfacf.jpg?v=1683329948","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hard-to-be-human-ted-cadsby-9781459748842","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}