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reviewed Intelligence: Battle for the Mind. September 12, 2010
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Intelligence: Battle for the Mind
This book was a kind of historical milestone in the seemingly eternal "nature/nurture" controversy. It was a milestone not because it resolved the controversy but because it showed in an indirect …
reviewed Outsmarting IQ: The Emerging Science .... July 31, 2010
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Outsmarting IQ: The Emerging Science of Learnable
Profound Thinking By Example      This is the single best book I've come across on the potential for improving human thinking ability. I give it my highest recommendation; I think …
reviewed Simpler Living: A Back to Basics Guid.... July 24, 2010
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Simpler Living: A Back to Basics Guide to Cleaning, Furnishing, Storing, Decluttering, Streamlining, Organizing, and More
This book is a fascinating contemporary paradox. In a world where electronic forms of information are leaving increasingly fewer niches for traditional books, and where most of our quick answers come …
reviewed The Shallows: What the Internet Is Do.... June 21, 2010
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The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our
When I first came across this book I noticed that a lot of my friends on social media were expressing disgust or boredom with the thesis of "Is the Internet frying our brain?" After all, who but a curmudgeon …
reviewed Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to M.... May 29, 2010
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Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better
There are a lot of books about decision making and problem solving, and the vast majority of them are mediocre. There are a number of decent, readable accounts that give some simple tips and teach you …
reviewed The Genius in All of Us: Why Everythi.... May 15, 2010
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The Genius in All of Us: Why Everything You've
It is easy to like or dislike this book from a casual reading based on how you feel about the premise: that everyone has the potential for genius, and that heredity is not destiny in any sense.  This …
reviewed The Architecture of Learning: Designi.... March 21, 2010
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The Architecture of Learning: Designing
There's a fair amount that we know about learning, and we often place great importance on teaching, but we seem to take for granted the way teaching and learning are related. It is not at all obvious …
reviewed Minds, Brains, and Learning: Understa.... January 16, 2010
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Minds, Brains, and Learning: Understanding the
Nearly a decade after its publication, this book remains for me one of the very best resources for those who want to understand how we learn in terms of brain function, and in general the educational …
reviewed The Black Swan: The Impact of the Hig.... December 20, 2009
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly
I came to this book expecting a clever but flawed argument for intellectual laziness or superficial thinking, another popular argument for "gut" or "intuition" or "Zen." Or perhaps a slick Gladwell-esque …
reviewed Snap Judgment: When to Trust Your Ins.... September 20, 2009
Snap Judgment: When to Trust Your Instincts, When
Snap Judgment is essentially a summary of behavioral finance findings. This field is an extension of the heuristics and biases research program into the realm of finance.     The heuristics …
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September 13, 2010
Hi Todd, welcome to Lunch! I’m a Brand Ambassador here, available to answer any of your questions (you can also ask @devora the Community Manager). I'm enjoying your reviews thus far and look forward to reading more! Given your interests it looks like you might also enjoy checking out the Music Matters community and these reviews on Martha & The Vandellas and Jazz From Hell . Have fun exploring!
September 13, 2010
Hi Bethany, thanks for the welcome! I'm curious, how do my interests make it look like I would enjoy reviews of Martha and the Vandellas and Jazz from Hell? Or is that recommendation suitable to all interests?
September 13, 2010
Hi Todd, I just noticed you were part of the Music Matters community and thought you might enjoy one or two of the more recent reviews within that community. If those aren't up your alley, feel free to let me know if there are other interests you have and I'd be happy to direct your towards relevant reviews. Cheers!
 
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