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"Why do so many of us stop learning new skills as adults? Are we afraid to fail? Have we forgotten the sheer pleasure of being a beginner? Or is it simply a fact that you can't teach an old dog new tricks? Inspired by his young daughter's insatiable need to know how to do almost everything, and stymied by his own rut of mid-career competence, Tom Vanderbilt begins a year of learning purely for the sake of learning. He tackles five main skills (and...
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Comprehensively researched and singularly insightful, this delves deep into psychology, marketing, and neuroscience to answer complex and fascinating questions. From the tangled underpinnings of the food choices, to the dynamics of the pop charts and the playlists, to the nonstop procession of 'thumbs' and 'likes' and 'stars', to the insecurity before unfamiliar works of art, the book explores how people form their preferences, and how those preferences...
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