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SUMMARY:Notes on Modern Irrationality with Bestseller Amanda Montell
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DESCRIPTION:Join us as we chat with the New York Times bestselling author\
 , Amanda Montell about her newest book\, The Age of Magical Overthinking: 
 Notes on Modern Irrationality. .\nhttps://lvccld.libnet.info/event/1219397
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>In a delicious blend of cultural criticism
  and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power\,
  disadvantages\, and highlights of magical thinking\, Amanda Montell now t
 urns her erudite eye to the inner workings of the human mind and its biase
 s in her most personal and electrifying work yet.</p>\n<p>&ldquo\;Magical 
 thinking&rdquo\; can be broadly defined as the belief that one&rsquo\;s in
 ternal thoughts can affect unrelated events in the external world: think o
 f the conviction that one can manifest their way out of poverty\, stave of
 f cancer with positive vibes\, thwart the apocalypse by learning to can th
 eir 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&nbsp\;The Age of Magical Overthink
 ing\, Montell argues that in the modern information age\, our brain&rsquo\
 ;s coping mechanisms have been overloaded\, and our irrationality turned u
 p to an eleven.</p>\n<p>In a series of razor sharp\, deeply funny chapters
 \, Montell delves into a cornucopia of the cognitive biases that run rampa
 nt in our brains\, from how the &ldquo\;halo effect&rdquo\; cultivates wor
 ship (and hatred) of larger-than-life celebrities\, to how the &ldquo\;sun
 k cost fallacy&rdquo\; can keep us in detrimental relationships long after
  we&rsquo\;ve realized they&rsquo\;re not serving us. As she illuminates t
 hese concepts with her signature brilliance and wit\, Montell&rsquo\;s pre
 vailing message is one of hope\, empathy\, and ultimately forgiveness for 
 our anxiety-addled human selves. If you have all but lost faith in our abi
 lity to reason\, Montell aims to make some sense of the senseless. To crac
 k 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.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Don't
  be irrational\, register now for a conversation you just don&rsquo\;t wan
 t to miss!&nbsp\;</p>\nhttps://lvccld.libnet.info/event/12193977
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