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andievan's review against another edition
3.0
This was thought-provoking for sure, but also there was a fair bit of blanket generalizing without proof. An interesting read and great for dinner conversation for sure!
mahir007's review against another edition
5.0
في مجموعة تجارب لا تُنسى ، عندما تم غمر صرصور معقم ميت في كوب من عصير التفاح ، ثم تمت إزالته بسرعة ، رفض معظم الناس تناول رشفة من ذلك العصير. أصبح معظمهم غير مستعدين لشرب أي عصير تفاح على الإطلاق ، ولا حتى عندما تم سكبه حديثًا من علبة جديدة في كوب نظيف. يمكن لأدنى لمسة لحشرة مثيرة للاشمئزاز أن تجعل أي طعام يبدو فجأة غير صالح للأكل.
لكن لنفترض أن أحد المجربين وضع قطعة لذيذة من كعكة الشوكولاتة فوق طبق مليء بالصراصير المعقمة. هل هذا يجعلك على استعداد لأكل الحشرات؟ هل يمكنك أن تتخيل أي طعام جيد جداً لدرجة أن مجرد ملامسته للصحن سيجعل الصراصير صالحة للأكل؟ بالطبع لا . أكدت هذه الدراسات للاشمئزاز والعدوى قول روسي قديم: "ملعقة من القطران يمكن أن تفسد برميل من العسل ، لكن ملعقة من العسل لا تفعل شيئًا لبرميل من القطران".
بينما كان المشرفون على التجربة يفكرون في هذا التباين ، وجدوا أن هذا التحيز السلبي ينطبق على مجموعة واسعة من الظواهر. في العديد من التقاليد الدينية ، يمكن أن يُلعن الشخص بانتهاك واحد أو أن يتملّكه شيطان في لحظة ، لكن الأمر يتطلب عقودًا من الأعمال الصالحة والتفاني حتى يُصبح مقدسًا. في نظام الطبقات الهندوسية ، يتلوث البراهمان عن طريق تناول طعام أعدّه شخص من الطبقة الدنيا ، لكن المنبوذ لا يصبح أكثر نقاءً عن طريق تناول طعام أعدّه براهمان.
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Roy Baumeister
The Power Of Bad
Translated By #Maher_Razouk
لكن لنفترض أن أحد المجربين وضع قطعة لذيذة من كعكة الشوكولاتة فوق طبق مليء بالصراصير المعقمة. هل هذا يجعلك على استعداد لأكل الحشرات؟ هل يمكنك أن تتخيل أي طعام جيد جداً لدرجة أن مجرد ملامسته للصحن سيجعل الصراصير صالحة للأكل؟ بالطبع لا . أكدت هذه الدراسات للاشمئزاز والعدوى قول روسي قديم: "ملعقة من القطران يمكن أن تفسد برميل من العسل ، لكن ملعقة من العسل لا تفعل شيئًا لبرميل من القطران".
بينما كان المشرفون على التجربة يفكرون في هذا التباين ، وجدوا أن هذا التحيز السلبي ينطبق على مجموعة واسعة من الظواهر. في العديد من التقاليد الدينية ، يمكن أن يُلعن الشخص بانتهاك واحد أو أن يتملّكه شيطان في لحظة ، لكن الأمر يتطلب عقودًا من الأعمال الصالحة والتفاني حتى يُصبح مقدسًا. في نظام الطبقات الهندوسية ، يتلوث البراهمان عن طريق تناول طعام أعدّه شخص من الطبقة الدنيا ، لكن المنبوذ لا يصبح أكثر نقاءً عن طريق تناول طعام أعدّه براهمان.
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Roy Baumeister
The Power Of Bad
Translated By #Maher_Razouk
mandirigma's review against another edition
3.0
This book was very well-researched and most of the information was pretty fascinating. The chapters on relationships, the brain's inner demon, and the Pollyanna principle were probably the most useful for readers, and as a self-help book, the main takeaway seems to be to limit your exposure to negativity and just generally be aware of the negativity bias.
Some of the middle chapters -- the ones on parenting, the workplace, and online reviews -- felt like they belonged to different books, and they seemed almost counterintuitive to the book's thesis. Tierney and Baumeister could write another book entirely on how business leaders can apply this stuff to their companies (applied to your own life, the advice is basically, "don't mess up in an interview"). But I was mostly concerned with some of the case studies they included with regards to education in minority communities. I'd take the section on parenting with a grain of salt.
Also, this book kind of straddles a fine line between "Things are not as bad as we think they are" and "Everything is totally fine!" and it's hard to know where very real issues like climate change and the rise of fascism fall here. The Crisis Crisis chapter is *sort of* about this, and it helps put things in perspective, but the takeaways from that chapter basically involve asking politicians and the entire media landscape to change, and are not very encouraging.
Some of the middle chapters -- the ones on parenting, the workplace, and online reviews -- felt like they belonged to different books, and they seemed almost counterintuitive to the book's thesis. Tierney and Baumeister could write another book entirely on how business leaders can apply this stuff to their companies (applied to your own life, the advice is basically, "don't mess up in an interview"). But I was mostly concerned with some of the case studies they included with regards to education in minority communities. I'd take the section on parenting with a grain of salt.
Also, this book kind of straddles a fine line between "Things are not as bad as we think they are" and "Everything is totally fine!" and it's hard to know where very real issues like climate change and the rise of fascism fall here. The Crisis Crisis chapter is *sort of* about this, and it helps put things in perspective, but the takeaways from that chapter basically involve asking politicians and the entire media landscape to change, and are not very encouraging.
curleyfries's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
1.0
Not for me. Ended up skimming in an attempt to glean any useful information.
bootman's review against another edition
5.0
I’ve loved the work of Roy Baumeister for a while, so I’ve been anticipating this book and it didn’t disappoint.
I’ve always been fascinated with the problem we all face of negativity bias. This book does a great job explaining it in all aspects of our lives from relationships, to consuming news, to giving criticism and much more.
Best of all, the authors prevent excellent solutions.
2nd read:
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about how angry the world is and why we can’t stop clicking on headlines that fuel our anger even further. So, I decided to re-read this book from John Tierney and Roy Baumeister. Baumeister is one of my favorite psychological researchers and writers, and this book is fantastic. Baumeister and Tierney start the book by explaining how and why we evolved to have a negativity bias as well as it’s pros and cons in the modern age. From there, they break down a variety of different topics such as why we suck in relationships and what we can do better as well as how we make terrible business and everyday decisions due to this bias. They provide a ton of tips for how to counter the negativity bias, and I love how they ended the book with a ton of social issues that were completely messed up due to this bias. It’s extremely enlightening.
If you haven’t read this book yet, you need to. It’ll help you make a lot more sense of the world as well as your own personal life and decisions.
I’ve always been fascinated with the problem we all face of negativity bias. This book does a great job explaining it in all aspects of our lives from relationships, to consuming news, to giving criticism and much more.
Best of all, the authors prevent excellent solutions.
2nd read:
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about how angry the world is and why we can’t stop clicking on headlines that fuel our anger even further. So, I decided to re-read this book from John Tierney and Roy Baumeister. Baumeister is one of my favorite psychological researchers and writers, and this book is fantastic. Baumeister and Tierney start the book by explaining how and why we evolved to have a negativity bias as well as it’s pros and cons in the modern age. From there, they break down a variety of different topics such as why we suck in relationships and what we can do better as well as how we make terrible business and everyday decisions due to this bias. They provide a ton of tips for how to counter the negativity bias, and I love how they ended the book with a ton of social issues that were completely messed up due to this bias. It’s extremely enlightening.
If you haven’t read this book yet, you need to. It’ll help you make a lot more sense of the world as well as your own personal life and decisions.
andrewhall's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting journalistic reporting of psychology research on how negative events have more power over our emotions and outlook than positive events. It covers relationships, workplace interactions, online interactions, etc.
I read it for a book club. I am usually not interested in this kind of book, and I doubt I will pick up any others like it any time soon, but this one was engaging enough.
I was well into the book before I realized the authors (a social psychologist and a NYTimes science reporter) are libertarians. I think they are pretty sensible in their conclusions, but in the last chapter I had some doubts. The chapter was about how the current glut of public intellectuals incentivizes a focus on crises and bad trends, while in reality the world is getting better. I thought in general there were good points, but I disagreed on some of the specific issues they thought were being overblown. And although they did not bring up climate change, it felt like an unspoken purpose of the chapter was to imply that the dangers of climate change are being over-hyped.
I read it for a book club. I am usually not interested in this kind of book, and I doubt I will pick up any others like it any time soon, but this one was engaging enough.
I was well into the book before I realized the authors (a social psychologist and a NYTimes science reporter) are libertarians. I think they are pretty sensible in their conclusions, but in the last chapter I had some doubts. The chapter was about how the current glut of public intellectuals incentivizes a focus on crises and bad trends, while in reality the world is getting better. I thought in general there were good points, but I disagreed on some of the specific issues they thought were being overblown. And although they did not bring up climate change, it felt like an unspoken purpose of the chapter was to imply that the dangers of climate change are being over-hyped.
benrogerswpg's review against another edition
4.0
Really enjoyed this one.
When negative things affect you more than positive. Lots of great psychological studies and interesting concepts.
4.1/5
When negative things affect you more than positive. Lots of great psychological studies and interesting concepts.
4.1/5
statman's review against another edition
4.0
This is an interesting concept and I love the different examples - given what is going on today with the coronavirus, this is certainly a relevant book that explains how we over react to certain things and not realize the other things around us that are even more dangerous. I did feel there was some stuff that doesn't really have the data/science to back it up but most of it seems to make sense.
avery_rivers's review against another edition
2.0
I'm torn on the rating here. Part of me wants to add another star because it's an interesting topic but I question the validity of the information. First, the author used Pinker as a reference. Pinker is grossly over-simplistic and his abuse of data is abhorrent - though I'm not sure if it is intentional or just ignorance. In an ironic twist, he argued that vaping (in general and by teens) is far safer than smoking and should less be regulated (there's barely any regulation as is). This narrow look at data: chemicals in cigarettes are harmful; those chemicals aren't in vape products = vaping is better ignores the wider picture and creates a dichotomy where one isn't needed.
I think the book is worth a read, but more to provoke thought than to provide clear reliable data.
I think the book is worth a read, but more to provoke thought than to provide clear reliable data.
composed's review against another edition
4.0
I definitely recommend this book to anyone who worries about the state of the world. (Though obviously it was written pre-COVID-19...making some of the final conclusions a tad harder to swallow.) It's written in a straightforward way that's quite accessible.
My only complaint is that I would have liked more studies cited and in more detail. There are some, but for example I like it when authors share sample sizes and methodology (and few authors do).
My only complaint is that I would have liked more studies cited and in more detail. There are some, but for example I like it when authors share sample sizes and methodology (and few authors do).