INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking.Utilizing the linguistic insights of her “witty and brilliant” (Blyth Roberson, author of America the Beautiful?) first book Wordslut and the sociological explorations of her breakout hit Cultish, Amanda Montell now turns her erudite eye to the inner workings of the human mind and its biases in her most personal and electrifying work yet.“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 peaches, or transform an unhealthy relationship to a glorious one with loyalty alone. In all its forms, magical thinking works in service of restoring agency amid chaos, but in The Age of Magical Overthinking, Montell argues that in the modern information age, our brain’s coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to an eleven.In a series of razor sharp, deeply funny chapters, Montell delves into a cornucopia of the cognitive biases that run rampant in our brains, from how the “halo effect” cultivates worship (and hatred) of larger-than-life celebrities, to how the “sunk cost fallacy” can keep us in detrimental relationships long after we’ve realized they’re not serving us. As she illuminates these concepts with her signature brilliance and wit, Montell’s prevailing message is one of hope, empathy, and ultimately forgiveness for our anxiety-addled human selves. If you have all but lost faith in our ability to reason, Montell aims to make some sense of the senseless. To crack open a window in our minds, and let a warm breeze in. To help quiet the cacophony for a while, or even hear a melody in it.
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The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
von Amanda Montell
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking.Utilizing the linguistic insights of her “witty and brilliant” (Blyth Roberson, author of America the Beautiful?) first book Wordslut and the sociological explorations of her breakout hit Cultish, Amanda Montell now turns her erudite eye to the inner workings of the human mind and its biases in her most personal and electrifying work yet.“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 peaches, or transform an unhealthy relationship to a glorious one with loyalty alone. In all its forms, magical thinking works in service of restoring agency amid chaos, but in The Age of Magical Overthinking, Montell argues that in the modern information age, our brain’s coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to an eleven.In a series of razor sharp, deeply funny chapters, Montell delves into a cornucopia of the cognitive biases that run rampant in our brains, from how the “halo effect” cultivates worship (and hatred) of larger-than-life celebrities, to how the “sunk cost fallacy” can keep us in detrimental relationships long after we’ve realized they’re not serving us. As she illuminates these concepts with her signature brilliance and wit, Montell’s prevailing message is one of hope, empathy, and ultimately forgiveness for our anxiety-addled human selves. If you have all but lost faith in our ability to reason, Montell aims to make some sense of the senseless. To crack open a window in our minds, and let a warm breeze in. To help quiet the cacophony for a while, or even hear a melody in it.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(2)
Rezension von Katharina Ok, I haven't even finished it yet, but I loved it from the first page! Every time I pick it up I feel like yes, this is helping to quiet the noise in my brain, this is helping me make sense of the world, while at the same time making me happy that there are women like Amanda Montell in this world who have fun with language and pop culture while communicating scientific and philosophical insights. Personally, I can relate to almost everything she writes about (dinosaurs rock), and I think a lot of people who are struggling in the current information age and feeling that sense of doom will too. I already feel that I've gained a greater understanding of not only how my own mind works, but also how other people's minds work. As she says, it's helpful to be "more compassionate toward others and more skeptical of ourselves.“ I've highlighted a lot and can't wait to dive into the literature she cites.
Rezension von froschpapiI forgot that I love to read non-fiction for a hot second, but I am so back, baby! Getting back into it was easy with this one since the chapters closely resemble personal essays, which in my opinion makes it easier to learn about the different cognitive biases - as well as more entertaining. I think it's an insightful book, with every chapter tackling a different bias we should confront in our day and age. Reading some of the negative reviews of this book on here puzzled me by the way - especially those claiming (and using it as critique!) that this book is more of a memoir when it isn't? Essayistic writing can be personal. Many, if not most writing revolving around psychology even profits from personal anecdotes. I'd even say in this case I'm quite glad it wasn't a dry and dense read, that would have been insufferable.