Top The Elephant in the Brain by Robin Hanson and Kevin Simler

Elephant in the room, n. An important issue that people are reticent to admit or address; a social taboo. Elephant in the brain, n. An important but unacknowledged point of how our minds work; an introspective taboo. Cases are also fluently satisfied with the appearance of good medical care, and show surprisingly little interest in digging beneath the face — for illustration, by getting alternate opinions or asking for outgrowth statistics from their croakers

             or hospitals. people given free healthcare consume a lot further drug( relative to an unsubsidized control group), yet do n’t end up noticeably healthier. people spend excessively on heroic end- of- life care indeed though cheap, palliative care is generally just as effective at dragging life and indeed more at conserving quality of life. precious medical care does heal us, but it’s contemporaneously an elaborate adult interpretation of “ kiss the boo- boo. ” In this sale, the case is assured of social support, while those who give similar support are hoping to buy a little slice of fidelity from the case. Then's the thesis we ’ll be exploring in this book We, mortal beings, are a species that’s not only able of acting on retired motives we ’re designed to do it. Our smarts are erected to act in our tone- interest while at the same time trying hard not to appear selfish in front of other people. And in order to throw them off the trail, our smarts frequently keep “ us, ” our conscious minds, in the dark. The lower we know of our own unattractive motives, the easier it's to hide them from others. tone- deception is thus strategic, a ploy our smarts use to look good while carrying poorly. A phenomenal book on understanding your own "hidden motivations in everyday life" and why we do what we do. Widely applicable to all parts of life, and the kind of explanations you can't stop thinking about after reading.