The age of magical overthinking

• Verfasst von: Montell, Amanda [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The age of magical overthinking
• Titelzusatz: notes on modern irrationality
• Verf.angabe: Amanda Montell
• Ausgabe: First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition
• Verlagsort: New York ; London ; Toronto ; Sydney ; New Delhi
• Verlag: One Signal Publishers/Atria
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: April 2024
• Umfang: 257 Seiten
• Fussnoten: Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
• ISBN: 978-1-6680-0797-6
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Übersetzt als Montell, Amanda, 1992 - : Das Zeitalter des magischen Zerdenkens
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Montell, Amanda, 1992 - : The Age of Magical Overthinking. - 1st ed.. - New York : Atria Books, 2024. - 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Sach-SW: Pensée magique
• Sach-SW: Pensée
• Sach-SW: Pensée critique
• Sach-SW: Préjugés
• Sach-SW: thinking
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• K10plus-PPN: 1888246022

Abstract

"'Magical thinking' can be broadly defined as the belief that one's internal thoughts can affect unrelated events in the external world: Think of the conviction that one can manifest their way out of poverty, stave off cancer with positive vibes, thwart the apocalypse by learning to can their own peaches, or transform an unhealthy relationship to a glorious one with loyalty alone. In all its forms, magical thinking works in service of restoring agency amid chaos, but in The Age of Magical Overthinking, Montell argues that in the modern information age, our brain's coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to an eleven. Montell delves into a cornucopia of the cognitive biases that run rampant in our brains, from how the 'Halo effect' cultivates worship (and hatred) of larger than life celebrities, to how the 'Sunk cost fallacy' can keep us in detrimental relationships long after we've realized they're not serving us. As she illuminates these concepts with her signature brilliance and wit, Montell's prevailing message is one of hope, empathy, and ultimately forgiveness for our anxiety-addled human selves. If you have all but lost faith in our ability to reason, Montell aims to make some sense of the senseless. To crack open a window in our minds, and let a warm breeze in. To help quiet the cacophony for a while, or even hear a melody in it"--