Cadsby Ted. Hard to Be Human: Overcoming Our Five Cognitive Design Flaws

Dundurn Press, 2021. — 244 p. — ISBN 9781459748842.We are oddly paradoxical creatures who long to be happy while creating our own suffering. We replay past anguish, anticipate future distress, and stew in self-righteous anger. In Hard to Be Human, Ted Cadsby focuses on five cognitive design flaws that foster underthinking and overreacting, and reveals powerful strategies to overcome them.Introduction: Other Animals Have It Easier
The Human Predicament
Big Cognitive Problem
Huge Metacognitive Solution
A Fix for Every Flaw
Flaw #1: We’re Greedy Reductionists
Fix #1: Reining in Reductionism
Flaw #2: We’re Addicted to Certainty
Fix #2: Breaking Our Addiction
Flaw #3: We Hold Ourselves Emotionally Hostage
Fix #3: Freeing the Hostage
Flaw #4: We Compete with Ourselves
Fix #4: Being at One with Ourselves
Flaw #5: We Misdirect Our Need for Meaning
Fix #5: Pursuing the Meaning Feeling
Conclusion: We’re Still in Beta