The Socrates Express: Searching for Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers Using the latest advances in psychology, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology, psychologist Kevin Dutton shows how we can optimize our tendency to categorize, and fine-tune our minds to avoid the pitfalls of too little, and too much, complexity. It is in that spirit that we present the five books below, each of which will help you get to know your own mind-and get in touch with your inner genius.īlack-and-White Thinking: The Burden of a Binary Brain in a Complex World
“Everyone is a genius,” goes one famous quote, “but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” In other words, intelligence is not a single, fixed quality, but rather a suite of potential capabilities.Īnd as Carol Dweck famously argued in her groundbreaking book Mindset, our intellectual abilities can always grow and expand in exciting new directions.
