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Optimism Bias: Why We're Wired To Look On The Bright Side (2012)

by Tali Sharot(Favorite Author)

3.66 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1780332637 (ISBN13: 9781780332635)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Robinson Publishing

review 1: This may seem an odd thing to say, but I love biases. I think I even love the fact that you can't account for them in yourself, even if you know what they all are and can recite their effects by heart.If you love biases too (or would like to get acquainted with more of them), I can heartily recommend "The Believing Brain" by Michael Shermer, in which vast numbers of biases are covered in varying levels of detail.This book examines just one, and I reached the end feeling comforted that - as irrational tendencies go - this is probably one of the better ones to suffer from. Pass me the rose tinted sunglasses, tomorrow's looking lovely.
review 2: E-loan from the public library. I LOVE this relatively new library service. I'm glad I didn't buy it; it was much too s... morelow and rambling and had much too much information about peripheral or background topics. For example, the whole first chapter is about illusions of all types, with occasional mention along the way of their relationship to optimism. Chapter 2 is all about animals and their failure to perceive the future, which is something humans need to do in order to be optimistic. These chapters consumed 18% of the book, and I decided the rest was unlikely to interest me enough to continue. It might have improved, so I won't rate it. less

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