The age of magical overthinking notes on modern irrationality
"'Magical thinking' can be broadly defined as the belief that one's internal thoughts can affect unrelated events in the external world: Think of the conviction that one can manifest their way out of poverty, stave off cancer with positive vibes, thwart the apocalypse by learning to can their own pe...
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New York :
One Signal Publishers/Atria,
2024.
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Table of Contents:
- Make it make sense : an intro to magical overthinking
- Are you my mother, Taylor Swift? : a note on the halo effect
- I swear I manifested this : a note on proportionality bias
- A toxic relationship is just a cult of one : a note on the sunk cost fallacy
- The shit-talking hypothesis : a note on zero-sum bias
- What it's like to die online : a note on survivorship bias
- Time to spiral : a note on the recency illusion
- The scammer within : a note on overconfidence bias
- Haters are my motivators : a note on the illusory truth effect
- Sorry I'm late, must be Mercury in retrograde : a note on confirmation bias
- Nostalgia porn : a note on declinism
- The life changing magic of becoming a mediocre crafter : a note on the IKEA effect.
