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Hard to Be Human: Overcoming Our Five Cognitive Design Flaws

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7H 51min
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English
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Non-Fiction

We are oddly paradoxical creatures who long to be happy while creating our own suffering. We replay past anguish, anticipate future distress, and stew in self-righteous anger. In Hard to Be Human, Ted Cadsby focuses on five cognitive design flaws that foster underthinking and overreacting, and reveals powerful strategies to overcome them.

© 2021 Tantor Media (Audiobook): 9781666152869

Release date

Audiobook: 9 November 2021

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