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Books By Chapters
by Books By Chapters
Welcome to Books by Chapters where we breakdown your favourite books to digestible chunks.
Episodes
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Factfulness Chapter 7: The Destiny Instinct
The mega misconception that things are unchanging and unchangeable
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Factfulness Chapter 6: The Generalization Instinct
We get to things like stereotyping and generalising. The things that clouds our vision
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Factfulness Chapter 5: The Size Instinct
How do we know that a marble is small? By comparing to a basketball. This is how we misjudge things. Sometimes we spend too much energy on the small things. How do you keep things in proportion?
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Factfulness Chapter 4: The Fear Instinct summary
The world is a scary and dark place. What causes it? It's only scary of you show it that way. But is it the media's fault? And can we do something about it?
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Factfulness Chapter 3: The Straight Line Instinct
Is overpopulation a big issue? Will we have 20 billion by 2100?
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Factfulness Chapter 2 Summary
The Mega Misconception that the world is Getting Worse. We can't deny that there are some horrific things in the world, but here's how we should look at it. The world is bad but it's getting better, it's getting better and better everyday. Extreme Poverty:...
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Factfulness Chapter 1 Summary
The Gap Instinct: The misconception that the world is divided: low-income and high-income, rich and poor, developing and developed. But if we look at the facts, only 9% of humanity lives in extreme poverty. The majority lives in middle income countries, there's no huge "gap" in the middle....
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Factfulness by Hans Rostling Summary
Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think. If you're stressed about the world and you think it's getting worse day by day. Give this book a go, however it's not a book that tells you that the world is all sunshines and rainbows. There's is definitely a lot...
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Welcome to Books by Chapters
Do you like reading? I like reading too! Epic dude!
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Predictably Irrational: Keeping Doors Open summary
Keeping Doors Open: Why Options Distract Us from Our Main Objective.
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Predictably Irrational Chapter 4 summary
The cost of Social Norms: Why We Are Happy to Do Things, but Not When We Are Paid to Do Them. In today's episode we're going to look at market norms and social norms. I'm sorry that I've been away for a good week. But I got sick and I sounded like an old man. To top it off, our internet was gone...
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Predictably Irrational Chapter 3 summary
The cost of zero cost: Why we often pay too much when we pay nothing.
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Predictably Irrational Chapter 2 Summary
Today we discuss the power of first impressions. Enter anchoring
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Predictably Irrational Chapter 1 Summary
The truth about relativity: Why everything is relative — Even when it shouldn't be. Why do we compare? Is it possible to judge without comparison?
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Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely
A brief description of what to expect when reading this book
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