Strangers to Ourselves
Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious
by Timothy D. Wilson
Recommended by James Clear and Malcolm Gladwell
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Psychology, and Science.
"Know thyself," a precept as old as Socrates, is still good advice. But is introspection the best path to selfknowledge What are we trying to discover, anyway In an eyeopening tour of the unconscious, as contemporary psychological science has redefined it, Timothy D. Wilson introduces us to a hidden mental world of judgments, feelings, and moti...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Psychology, and Science.
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Malcolm Gladwell
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“It is one of the loveliest, most insightful books about social psychology that I ever read.”
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