We are heading for uncertain times. And uncertainty is one thing that the brain doesn’t like.
This uncertainty is fuelled by a growing drive for businesses to not just innovate, but to disrupt. The result? Technological capabilities that are quickly advancing towards the automation of every job on the market.
Millions of workers around the world are starting to ask a simple question: “What happens to me when my job gets automated?”
Manufacturing and agricultural industries are well-versed in the consequences of automation. For the services industry, this is relatively new. As machine learning and AI capabilities grow, it becomes viable to automate even well-protected jobs.
The result is growing uncertainty. On a global scale, the impact on the human psyche is fear. Fear that renders us vulnerable to policies which can destabilise our global society. In organisations, this fear creates cultures of blame and stagnation, stifling innovation.
Our trajectory of technological advancement is inevitable. We cannot remove the coming uncertainty. However, uncertainty doesn’t need to create fear. We can change how we react so that we embrace and even thrive on this uncertainty.
An interconnected set of crucial life skills, collectively called resilience, is the answer to these uncertain times.
For the first time, insights from neuroscience, psychological resilience, and workplace culture are combined to discover the origin of sustainable disruptive innovation. We present a holistic model for resilience that contains the six critical components of a resilient culture.
Executive Resilience takes a tour through practical neuroscience and their implications for leaders and managers to guide their people in uncertain times.
This book will help you understand:
The importance of resilience—why now?
What resilience is through the lens of neuroscience
How to build personal resilience and lead by example
How instil resilience into the culture of an organisation
There is an imperative for us all to work together to build resilience in people. Organisations are particularly well-placed in this pursuit. Not only because of its reach with employees, but also in the measurable benefits that come from a resilient workforce—higher engagement, more innovation, healthy, productive and thriving.

Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a higher level of math competency, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you need to get a better grasp of that intimidating but inescapable field. Engineering professor Barbara Oakley knows firsthand how it feels to struggle with math. She flunked her way through high school math and science courses, before enlisting in the army immediately after graduation. When she saw how her lack of mathematical and technical savvy severely limited her options—both to rise in the military and to explore other careers—she returned to school with a newfound determination to re-tool her brain to master the very subjects that had given her so much trouble throughout her entire life.
In A Mind for Numbers, Dr. Oakley lets us in on the secrets to effectively learning math and science—secrets that even dedicated and successful students wish they’d known earlier. Contrary to popular belief, math requires creative, as well as analytical, thinking. Most people think that there’s only one way to do a problem, when in actuality, there are often a number of different solutions—you just need the creativity to see them. For example, there are more than three hundred different known proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem. In short, studying a problem in a laser-focused way until you reach a solution is not an effective way to learn math. Rather, it involves taking the time to step away from a problem and allow the more relaxed and creative part of the brain to take over. A Mind for Numbers shows us that we all have what it takes to excel in math, and learning it is not as painful as some might think!

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Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every other living thing on earth. Through a fresh and engaging examination of our evolutionary history, Dr. Moalem reveals how many of the conditions that are diseases today actually gave our ancestors a leg up in the survival sweepstakes. But Survival of the Sickest doesn't stop there. It goes on to demonstrate just how little modern medicine really understands about human health, and offers a new way of thinking that can help all of us live longer, healthier lives.

What separates your mind from an animal's? Maybe you think it's your ability to design tools, your sense of self, or your grasp of past and future – all traits that have helped us define ourselves as the planet's preeminent species. But in recent decades, these claims have been eroded, or even disproven, by a revolution in the study of animal cognition: take the octopuses that use coconut shells as tools; the elephants that classify humans by age, gender, and language; or Ayumu, the young male chimpanzee at Kyoto University whose flash memory puts that of humans to shame. Based on research involving crows, dolphins, parrots, sheep, wasps, bats, whales, and of course chimpanzees and bonobos, Frans de Waal demonstrates that we have grossly underestimated both the scope and the depth of animal intelligence. He offers a firsthand account of how science has stood traditional behaviorism on its head by revealing how smart animals really are.

把你自己摆在猎手的位置。
这就是我必须做的事情。设想一下，非洲的平原上立着一头狮子。不知为什么，从狮子的眼神中我们可以看出，它已在几千只羚羊中紧紧盯住了其中一只。因为这头狮子训练有素，能够观察出羊群中某只羚羊的弱点。
某些人的情况正是如此。假如我是一名凶手，就会每天外出寻找猎物，寻找下手的机会。比方说，我走进游戏机厅，一眼看去有五十多个孩子在玩游戏。此刻，我必须成为猎手，成为侧写家，必须侧写出那个潜在的猎物。我必须清楚这五十多个孩子中哪一个易受攻击，有可能成为受害者。我必须观察这个孩子的衣着打扮。我必须训练自己从这个孩子的手势、表情、姿势里捕捉线索。而且，我必须在一瞬间内完成这一切。
行为反映个性。
在所有暴力犯罪中，连环杀人犯和奸杀犯往往是最不可思议、最令人恐慌和最难以捕获的。部分原因在于，驱使他们作案的动机通常比我们所知的远为复杂，而这反过来又使他们的犯罪模式更令人困惑。但也正是凶手们不同的作案手法，正是他们留下的反映个性的蛛丝马迹，才使我们获得了一种新型武器，可以用来诠释某些类型的暴力案件，并用来追缉、逮捕和起诉凶手。在作为一名联邦调查局特工的大部分时间里，我就是在努力开发这种武器。
什么样的人会做出这种事情？
自文明开创以来，每一件骇人听闻的犯罪案件无不牵涉到这样一个冷酷的基本问题。把自己摆在这些家伙的位置，抑或揣摩他们的心理活动，从来就不是一件容易的事情，也根本不好玩。不过，这就是我和我的同事们不得已而为之的事情。我们在犯罪现场看到的每一样东西都使我们对那个作案者有所了解，通过尽可能广泛地研究各类案件并与凶手本人交谈，我们学会了破译那些线索，就像医生评估不同的症状以诊断病情。在联邦调查局的调查支援科，我们所从事的这些侧写和犯罪现场分析，就是要试图解答这一问题。
有时候，捕获他们的惟一方法便是学会像他们一样去思考。

A chronicle of DIY biotech scientists and their idealistic quest to democratize DNA like the Internet did information.
The most revolutionary discoveries in science and technology often emerge from out-of-the-way places, forged by brilliant outsiders with few resources besides boundless energy and great ideas. That describes the "biohacking" movement now in its early, heady days. In the next few years, companies will start selling libraries of genetic LEGOs that amateur scientists will use to build new life from scratch. Self- trained genetic tinkerers are already unlocking the potential of DNA in kitchens and garage labs all over the country.
Marcus Wohlsen introduces us to some of these fascinating biopunks, including:
• members of a San Francisco biohacker collective who are tinkering with strawberry genes
• citizen scientists in London who are working to set up a storefront wet lab
• a do-it-yourself biology meet-up in a Brooklyn apartment that celebrated Earth Day by inserting squid genes into E. coli
Of course, amid these stories of innovative tinkering lies the possibility of genetic engineering experiments gone awry. Wohlsen follows the biopunk underground toward a future that might leave us feeling blessed, doomed, or both.

From the authors of The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs comes an introduction to the study of dinosaurs for non-specialists designed to excite readers about science by using dinosaurs to illustrate and discuss geology, natural history and evolution. While focusing on dinosaurs it also uses them to convey other aspects of the natural sciences, including fundamental concepts in evolutionary biology, physiology, life history, and systematics. Considerable attention is devoted the nature of science itself: what it is, what it is not, and how science can be used to investigate particular kinds of questions. Dinosaurs is unique because it fills a gap between the glossy, fact-driven dinosaur books and the higher-level academic books, addressing the paleontology of dinosaurs exactly as professionals in the field do.

Like the previous editions of this bestselling text, Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process, Third Edition offers readers guidance that other dissertation guides often miss, from ways to improve one's writing, to identifying one's learning preferences, to dealing with emotional blocks. Using examples from a wide range of disciplines, the authors give readers expert advice on the entire dissertation process: selecting a suitable topic; conducting a literature review; managing data overload; building an argument; presenting the material, data, and results; and working with faculty committees. The entire text has been updated and fresh examples have been added to it. This edition features an up-to-the-minute discussion of online research and the use of software packages. The authors have expanded their coverage of qualitative work, and added information about the use of mixed methods to the book. These updates and more make the Third Edition of Surviving Your Dissertation a must have resource for graduate students. Key Features of the Third Edition: Walks readers through the dissertation process as an ideal mentor would.Devotes more attention to qualitative work, and touches upon mixed methods. Discusses online library resources and completing one's dissertation via the Internet. Features new material on the use of graphics. Includes information about informed consent forms.

This text highlights the importance of critical thinking and the inclusion of culture and gender in the science of psychology. Wade/Tavris, Invitation to Psychology, 5/e uses lively writing and stimulating examples to invite students to actively explore the field of psychology and the fundamentals of critical and scientific thinking. Invitation to Psychology presents the science of psychology according to six areas of the student's experience: Your Self, Your Body, Your Mind, Your Environment, Your Mental Health, and Your Life. This unique organization engages students from the very beginning and gives them a framework for thinking about human behavior. Hallmark features of this best-selling introductory text include active learningfeatures, an emphasis on critical thinking,a balance of classic and contemporary research, and thorough integration of culture and gender.
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【编辑推荐】：
★一部关于心理学如何影响人们行为及决策的有趣之作！
比如大脑有一些需要你克服的不易察觉的荒谬倾向：
① 买彩票其实只是概率游戏，但大部分人会认为自己买彩票比机器选择中奖率更高。
② 大部分所谓巧合都是大脑过分关注的结果，但依然有人会认为某些重复出现的东西具有非凡的意义。
③ 手持一杯热饮，比一杯冷饮更容易产生亲和力；喝了一杯甜饮的人比喝凉白开的人更愿意原谅别人。
④ 在口算一道数学题时，手持质量较重的物品，人们更容易给出较高的估算值……
★跨界科学家为你揭示人们日常思考所觉察不到的偏见、混乱和错误！
① 你的大脑想要的，常常并不是它所需要的。
② 你的记忆很容易就会被改变，一张照片一部影片都会让你想起很多根本不存在的事情。
③ 说话过程中比喻通常以你想象不到的速度在迅速改变你对事物的看法……
★用科学的方法帮你找到生活的意义！
每个人都有缺点和劣势，认识和接纳不完美的自己是良好的开始。并且改变自己不是一个虚无的信念，而是有方法可循的，科学的帮助比励志书更有用。
【内容简介】：
这是一本可以帮助你过上有意义生活的科学指南。
为什么对于那些我们感觉不舒服的任务，明知道应该按时完成，却会拖延，但这种拖延又会让我们感到更加焦躁不安？为什么我们能在一些随机性事件中看到意义？为什么我们试图戒掉一些对我们有害的东西，却反而让自己陷入另一种诱惑？
我们很多人受困于无所觉察的力量，有些人称他们为命运，实际上大部分只是心理的强迫性重复。人们的行为被莫名其妙的心理因素左右，大脑在我们做决策的时候不自主“走神”，这一切如果没有人告诉你，你很难意识到它们竟然就这样堂而皇之影响你生活，误导你决策，让你变得不理智。
无意识对生活的影响，比你想象的还要大。跨界科学家经过精密完备的实验向你证实：你的大脑想要的，常常并不是它所需要的。事实上，大多数让我们的大脑感到“快乐”的东西都会导致错误、偏见和失真。人类的思考有太多的缺陷。
本书探索那些让大脑感到快乐的事情，以及为什么那些想法对我们而言是有害的。作者的研究包括对进化和社会心理学的剖析，包括认知科学、神经学，甚至市场经济学。作者通过不同的试验和案例，提供克服大脑困境的方法，使人们在做决策的时候变得更理智，最终让生活变得更加丰富，更有意义。

In this wide-ranging third installment of Malcolm Gladwell's exploration of how people and social phenomena work, the New Yorker journalist takes a close look at what constitutes high levels of success. That is, what makes people at the top of their respective fields get there? As we've come to expect from Gladwell's previous books, the answer to the question is a bit complicated.
He says that upbringing, culture and even random luck have something to with success, but there is another important quality that anyone can control. Two chapters are dedicated to the "revelation" that IQ is only a baseline quality and success has little to nothing to do with having a high IQ or a low IQ. Rather, success is substantially a product of cultivating a high degree of what Robert Sternberg calls "practical intelligence" or what most refer to as "emotional intelligence."
Gladwell uses the example of Nobel laureates coming from unknown schools as often as ivy league schools. At this level of mastery IQ is no longer a factor. Success has little to do with where you were educated and everything to do with your level of practical/emotional intelligence and willingness to put in the 10,000 hours of practice required to reach mastery of your field.
All in all, it's an interesting read that isn't too heady and goes by pretty quickly, as the interesting anecdotes are what you would expect from Gladwell.

From the renowned psychologist who introduced the world to “growth mindset” comes this updated edition of the million-copy bestseller—featuring transformative insights into redefining success, building lifelong resilience, and supercharging self-improvement.

“Through clever research studies and engaging writing, Dweck illuminates how our beliefs about our capabilities exert tremendous influence on how we learn and which paths we take in life.”—Bill Gates, GatesNotes

“It’s not always the people who start out the smartest who end up the smartest.”

After decades of research, world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., discovered a simple but groundbreaking idea: the power of mindset. In this brilliant book, she shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we think about our talents and abilities. People with a fixed mindset—those who believe that abilities are fixed—are less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset—those who believe that abilities can be developed. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment.

In this edition, Dweck offers new insights into her now famous and broadly embraced concept. She introduces a phenomenon she calls false growth mindset and guides people toward adopting a deeper, truer growth mindset. She also expands the mindset concept beyond the individual, applying it to the cultures of groups and organizations. With the right mindset, you can motivate those you lead, teach, and love—to transform their lives and your own.

If the conscious mind—the part you consider you—accounts for only a tiny fraction of the brain’s function, what is all the rest doing? This is the question that David Eagleman—renowned neuroscientist and acclaimed author of Sum—answers in a book as accessible and entertaining as it is deeply informed by startling, up-to-the-minute research.

With unequaled insight and brio, David Brooks, the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Bobos in Paradise, has long explored and explained the way we live. Now, with the intellectual curiosity and emotional wisdom that make his columns among the most read in the nation, Brooks turns to the building blocks of human flourishing in a multilayered, profoundly illuminating work grounded in everyday life.
This is the story of how success happens. It is told through the lives of one composite American couple, Harold and Erica—how they grow, push forward, are pulled back, fail, and succeed. Distilling a vast array of information into these two vividly realized characters, Brooks illustrates a fundamental new understanding of human nature. A scientific revolution has occurred—we have learned more about the human brain in the last thirty years than we had in the previous three thousand. The unconscious mind, it turns out, is most of the mind—not a dark, vestigial place but a creative and enchanted one, where most of the brain's work gets done. This is the realm of emotions, intuitions, biases, longings, genetic predispositions, personality traits, and social norms: the realm where character is formed and where our most important life decisions are made. The natural habitat of The Social Animal.
Drawing on a wealth of current research from numerous disciplines, Brooks takes Harold and Erica from infancy to school; from the "odyssey years" that have come to define young adulthood to the high walls of poverty; from the nature of attachment, love, and commitment, to the nature of effective leadership. He reveals the deeply social aspect of our very minds and exposes the bias in modern culture that overemphasizes rationalism, individualism, and IQ. Along the way, he demolishes conventional definitions of success while looking toward a culture based on trust and humility.
The Social Animal is a moving and nuanced intellectual adventure, a story of achievement and a defense of progress. Impossible to put down, it is an essential book for our time, one that will have broad social impact and will change the way we see ourselves and the world.

A provocative history of violence—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Stuff of Thought and The Blank Slate
Believe it or not, today we may be living in the most peaceful moment in our species' existence. In his gripping and controversial new work, New York Times bestselling author Steven Pinker shows that despite the ceaseless news about war, crime, and terrorism, violence has actually been in decline over long stretches of history. Exploding myths about humankind's inherent violence and the curse of modernity, this ambitious book continues Pinker's exploration of the essence of human nature, mixing psychology and history to provide a remarkable picture of an increasingly enlightened world.

From Publishers Weekly
Irrational behavior is a part of human nature, but as MIT professor Ariely has discovered in 20 years of researching behavioral economics, people tend to behave irrationally in a predictable fashion. Drawing on psychology and economics, behavioral economics can show us why cautious people make poor decisions about sex when aroused, why patients get greater relief from a more expensive drug over its cheaper counterpart and why honest people may steal office supplies or communal food, but not money. According to Ariely, our understanding of economics, now based on the assumption of a rational subject, should, in fact, be based on our systematic, unsurprising irrationality. Ariely argues that greater understanding of previously ignored or misunderstood forces (emotions, relativity and social norms) that influence our economic behavior brings a variety of opportunities for reexamining individual motivation and consumer choice, as well as economic and educational policy. Ariely's intelligent, exuberant style and thought-provoking arguments make for a fascinating, eye-opening read. (Feb.)
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Most people are both repelled and intrigued by the images of cold-blooded, conscienceless murderers that increasingly populate our movies, television programs, and newspaper headlines. With their flagrant criminal violation of society's rules, serial killers like Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy are among the most dramatic examples of the psychopath. Individuals with this personality disorder are fully aware of the consequences of their actions and know the difference between right and wrong, yet they are terrifyingly self-centered, remorseless, and unable to care about the feelings of others. Perhaps most frightening, they often seem completely normal to unsuspecting targets - and they do not always ply their trade by killing. Presenting a compelling portrait of these dangerous men and women based on 25 years of distinguished scientific research, Dr Robert D. Hare vividly describes a world of con artists, hustlers, rapists, and other predators who charm, lie, and manipulate their way through life. Are psychopaths mad, or simply bad? How can they be recognized? And how can we protect ourselves? This book provides solid information and surprising insights for anyone seeking to understand this devastating condition.

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The Stuff of Thought is an exhilarating work of non-fiction. Surprising, thought-provoking and incredibly enjoyable, there is no other book like it - Steven Pinker will revolutionise the way you think about language. He analyses what words actually mean and how we use them, and he reveals what this can tell us about ourselves. He shows how we use space and motion as metaphors for more abstract ideas, and uncovers the deeper structures of human thought that have been shaped by evolutionary history. He also explores the emotional impact of language, from names to swear words, and shows us the full power that it can have over us. And, with this book, he also shows just how stimulating and entertaining language can be.