Behavioral Book Club - Stumbling on Happiness
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The Behavioral Book Club meets every other month to talk about new and interesting books about behavioral science, psychology and the singularly strange experience of being human.
📖 We've selected a book that's a fun and fascinating read for anyone interested in human behavior
🤓 You grab a copy of the book (see links below) and read it starting in April (or skim the day before, we don't judge)
🍻 We get together in May to make some friends and talk about what we learned
ABOUT THE BOOK
Bringing to life scientific research in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy, and behavioral economics, this witty, accessible book reveals what scientists have discovered about the uniquely human ability to imagine the future, and about our capacity to predict how much we will like it when we get there.
In this brilliant book, renowned Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert describes the foibles of imagination and illusions of foresight that cause each of us to misconceive our tomorrows and misestimate our satisfactions. With penetrating insight and sparkling prose, Gilbert explains why we seem to know so little about the hearts and minds of the people we are about to become.
Where you can get it:
Amazon
Austin Public Library
Author's Website