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Emotional
by Leonard Mlodinow
The new science of feelings: emotions as information processing, not the enemy of reason, with tools for managing them. Mlodinow's most useful book.
Read it if…
you want to understand emotions as functional.
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Skip it if…
you want therapy techniques.
Try instead: Euclid's Window →
Three things you will actually use
- Emotions are computations.
- They guide, not just disrupt.
- Regulate by reappraisal.
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Read the chapter on emotion and reason.
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Mlodinow on emotion.
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