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Our brains are not evolved for this world of plenty. As Dr. Tom Finucane, who studies diabetes in the setting of chronic sedentary feeding, said, “We are cacti in the rain forest.” And like cacti adapted to an arid climate, we are drowning in dopamine.
Dopamine Nation
Anna Lembke
But business schools (and most business books) teach people how to work for and grow corporations, not build happier lives.
Click Millionaires
Scott Fox
Sometimes the issues may be so complicated, the time so tight, the distractions so intrusive, the emotional arousal so strong, or the mental fatigue so deep that we are in no cognitive condition to operate mindfully. Important topic or not, we have to take the shortcut.
Influence, New and Expanded
Robert B. Cialdini
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