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We know of psychopaths from chilling headlines and stories in the news and movies - from Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy to Hannibal Lecter and Dexter Morgan. As Dr. Kent Kiehl shows, psychopaths can be identified by a checklist of symptoms that includes pathological lying; lack of empathy, guilt, and remorse; grandiose sense of self-worth; manipulation; and failure to accept one’s actions. But why do psychopaths behave the way they do? Is it the result of their environment - how they were raised - or is there a genetic component to their lack of conscience?

From birth to death, human beings are hardwired to connect to other human beings. Face-to-face contact matters: tight bonds of friendship and love heal us, help children learn, extend our lives, and make us happy. Looser in-person bonds matter too, combining with our close relationships to form a personal "village" around us, one that exerts unique effects.

A new field of collective intelligence has emerged in the last few years, prompted by a wave of digital technologies that make it possible for organizations and societies to think at large scale. This "bigger mind" - human and machine capabilities working together - has the potential to solve the great challenges of our time. So why do smart technologies not automatically lead to smart results?

Characterized by petty rivalries, self-indulgence and lack of responsibility, our actions fail to fulfill what Robert Bly describes as our true soul longing. With characteristic irreverence and storytelling from various cultures, Bly tells us what we should be doing about green-haired adolescents and idle elders, not to mention televisions and computers. His insightful focus illuminates the truths and possibilities of a culture caught in an adolescent phase of development.

Pop quiz: Do you prefer when things go according to plan or when the unexpected happens? Most of us pick control and predictability. Yet research reveals a counterintuitive truth: our best memories are the surprising ones. We feel most comfortable when things are certain, but we feel most alive when they're not.

Totalitarianism is not a coincidence and does not form in a vacuum. It arises from a collective psychosis that has followed a predictable script throughout history. In The Psychology of Totalitarianism, world-renowned Professor of Clinical Psychology Mattias Desmet deconstructs the societal conditions that allow this collective psychosis to take hold. By looking at our current situation and identifying the phenomenon of “mass formation”—a type of collective hypnosis—he clearly illustrates how close we are to surrendering to totalitarian regimes.

Ignorance, whether passive or active, conscious or unconscious, has always been a part of the human condition, Renata Salecl argues. What has changed in our post-truth, postindustrial world is that we often feel overwhelmed by the constant flood of information and misinformation. It sometimes seems impossible to differentiate between truth and falsehood and, as a result, there has been a backlash against the idea of expertise, and a rise in the number of people actively choosing not to know.

In 1979, a secret unit was established by the most gifted minds within the US Army. Defying all known accepted military practice - and indeed, the laws of physics - they believed that a soldier could adopt the cloak of invisibility, pass cleanly through walls and, perhaps most chillingly, kill goats just by staring at them. Entrusted with defending America from all known adversaries, they were the First Earth Battalion. And they really weren't joking. What's more, they're back and fighting the War on Terror.

Nem Te Conto é uma áudio série original da Audible em 6 episódios que traz um olhar íntimo e aprofundado sobre a fofoca do ponto de vista da atriz, apresentadora e vítima de fofocas desde o início da carreira: Luana Piovani. A cada episódio, traremos um convidado para conversar com ela um subtema relativo à fofoca, abordado por um viés psicológico, sociológico, filosófico e opinativo. Com tom descontraído, a conversa é basicamente uma grande fofoca sobre a fofoca e, até por isso, ela escolheu a dedo as pessoas que gostaria de ter na mesa durante essa temporada.

We are stuck in 'Infinite Browsing Mode' - swiping through endless dating profiles without committing to a single partner, jumping from place to place searching for the next big thing, refusing to make any decision that might close us off from an even better choice we imagine is around the corner. This culture of restlessness and indecision, Davis argues, is causing tension in the lives of young people today. In Dedicated, Davis examines this quagmire, as well as the counterculture of committers who have made it to the other side.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Truth by Hector Macdonald, read by Simon Ludders. For fans of Nudge, Black Box Thinking and The Art of Thinking Clearly, a fascinating dive into the many ways in which ‘competing truths’ shape our opinions, behaviours and beliefs. True or false? It’s rarely that simple. There is more than one truth about most things. Eating meat is nutritious, but it’s also damaging to the environment. The Internet disseminates knowledge, but it also spreads hatred. As communicators, we select the truths that are most useful to our agenda.

How would you like to experience your life? It's an intriguing question, and yet we've been conditioned to believe our life visions and goals are often unattainable - until now. With The Possibility Principle, psychotherapist Mel Schwartz offers a revolutionary approach to living the life we choose. Though science has vastly expanded our knowledge, it has also led us to adopt a worldview where we see ourselves as insignificant specks living in a mechanical universe.

In this original and deeply researched book, polling expert and professor of public policy Bobby Duffy explores how when we're born determines our attitudes to money, sex, religion, politics and much else. Informed by exclusive studies from IPSOS, as well as his own research, Duffy reveals that many of our preconceptions are just that: tired stereotypes.

Live Like a Spy: Social Charm is a five hour audio field manual for the social side of tradecraft. Most people walk into rooms hoping for chemistry, trying to be liked, chasing momentum, and giving away power without realizing it. Operatives don’t do that. They enter with composure, read what’s in front of them, and make connection feel effortless, not because they’re louder or smoother, but because they’re controlled. Calm is visible. Attention is precise. Exits are clean.

Dieses Hörbuch nimmt Sie mit an den Ursprung dieser inneren Dynamiken – und zeigt Ihnen einen neuen, heilsamen Weg. Ohne Schuldzuweisungen. Ohne Diagnosen. Stattdessen mit Klarheit, Tiefe und einem praxiserprobten Ansatz, der Narzissmus nicht als Makel, sondern als erlernte Schutzstrategie versteht. Schritt für Schritt entdecken Sie, warum Ihr Selbstwert so stark vom Außen abhängt – und wie Sie ihn nachhaltig von innen heraus stabilisieren können. Er ist kein theoretisches Fachbuch, sondern ein verständlicher, empathischer Begleiter, der Sie dort abholt, wo Sie gerade stehen.

A lo largo de la vida adulta, muchas decisiones, bloqueos o conflictos que experimentamos tienen su origen en emociones reprimidas de la infancia: rabia, tristeza, miedo, traición. Este libro propone mirar de frente esas emociones y reconocer la «venganza silenciosa» de ese niño interior que aún habita en nosotros. Con un enfoque terapéutico desde la Gestalt y la psicología profunda, Manuel Cuesta Duarte nos invita a reconectar con esa parte dolida que pide ser escuchada. Lejos de victimizarse, nos guía hacia la reconciliación emocional, la madurez y la paz interior.

Der Sozialpsychologe Jonathan Haidt zeigt: Die Antwort liegt in unserer Moral – die weit weniger auf Rationalität und Logik gründet als auf Intuition und Sozialtrieb. Moral bringt uns dazu, individuelle Interessen zu überwinden und mit anderen zu kooperieren; zugleich aber macht sie uns blind für die Perspektiven anderer Gruppen. So haben sich im Lauf der Evolution und Geschichte zwischen Gemeinschaften und Kulturen sehr unterschiedliche moralische Intuitionen herausgebildet.

Combining social and cognitive neuroscience with real-life accounts from genocide perpetrators, this book sheds light on the process through which obedience influences cognition and behavior. Emilie Caspar, a leading expert in the field, translates this neuroscientific approach into a clear, uncomplicated explanation, even for those with no background in psychology or neuroscience. By better understanding humanity's propensity for direct orders to short-circuit our own independent decision-making, we can edge closer to effective prevention processes.

Wir kennen sie: Männer, die ihre Gefühle nicht zeigen können – oder nicht wollen. Wenn ihre Emotionen sichtbar werden, dann oft als Wut, Freude und Stolz, aber nur selten als Trauer, Zweifel oder verletzliche Liebe. Frauen und Queers beklagen, dass sie die emotionale Arbeit übernehmen, die Männer ihnen, sich selbst und einander verweigern. Doch auch Männer zahlen dafür einen hohen Preis: Sie leiden unter sozialer Einsamkeit, oberflächlichen Freundschaften und überdurchschnittlich hohen Suizidraten.

Die Psychologieprofessorin Maike Luhmann forscht seit fünfzehn Jahren zu Einsamkeit. In diesem Buch fasst sie den aktuellen Stand der Wissenschaft zugänglich und gut lesbar zusammen: Wann wird Einsamkeit gefährlich? Sind Menschen in der Stadt einsamer als auf dem Land? Was ist dran an der »Einsamkeit der jungen Männer«? Macht die Digitalisierung uns wirklich einsamer? Und wie sollte unsere Gesellschaft aussehen, um uns gut vor Einsamkeit zu schützen? Wissenschaftlich fundiert, klar und verständlich: Ein Leitfaden zu einem der großen Themen unserer Zeit.