Why are lovers quicker to forgive their partners for infidelity than for leaving dirty dishes in the sink? Why will sighted people pay more to avoid going blind than blind people will pay to regain their sight? Why do dining companions insist on ordering different meals instead of getting what they really want? Why do patients remember long medical procedures as being less painful than short ones? Why do home sellers demand prices they wouldn't dream of paying if they were home buyers? Why are shoppers happier when they can't get refunds? Why do pigeons seem to have such excellent aim; why can't we remember one song while listening to another; and why does the line at the grocery store always slow down the moment we join it?
In this brilliant, witty, and accessible 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. Vividly bringing to life the latest scientific research in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, philosophy, and behavioral economics, Gilbert 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. 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.
Inspires you to start a new life, find opportunities, and seek adventures.
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到底該離職、該留下,還是乾脆轉行? 人生有1/3都在工作,而工作「絕對」可以設計! 以「設計思考」重擬問題,打造嶄新的「工作生活藍圖」, ...
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我们每个人都向往幸福,但是通往幸福的路程似乎并不平坦,我们好像永远处在无法满足的失望中。有没有一种简单、直接的方法,能让我们获得真正的快乐呢?当PurposeFairy博客的博 ...
聯合國教科文組織(UNESCO)的羅伯特·魯特一伯恩斯坦(Robert Root-Bernstein)博士做過大量研究:我們發現相較於一般科學家,諾貝爾獎得主是攝影師的可能性至少是兩倍,是音樂家的可能性是四倍,藝術家十七倍,工匠十五倍,是非專業領域作家的可能性是二十五倍,例.
創新的第一步就是觀察。 用觀察力擴充想像力,在躁動的世界裡,把心留住。 ◆本書賣點 ●面對現代人的注意力恐慌症,暫停一下,練習留心觀察,重新打造靈活的感官接收力,拉 ...
本书以轻松的笔触和优美的文字,阐释了“幸福”真正含义,并从生活的点点滴滴中发掘出幸福的源泉所在,指出那些被人们忽略,实际却能带来巨大幸福感的小细节,告诉读者如何穿透生活总是处于忙碌与疲惫的表面,用眼睛发现生活中无处不在的幸福,让心灵得到栖息、充盈,获取乐观生活的能量。
成語,是正被人們廣泛習用的固定詞組,所指大都是一種約定俗成的確定轉義。但成語也是不同社會主流價值觀的縮影,有其時代局限。由於成語來源於人們的日常生活,每個人大可從自己的人生體驗、心靈感悟去作一己的延伸。解讀成語,包括漢字有兩個層面:唯體和唯用。唯體是考證來歷,引經據典;而唯用則是日常的個人理解。