Hard to Be Human
Overcoming Our Five Cognitive Design Flaws

The human brain is not a single organ. Instead of growing, it has added modules to itself. The latest module, the prefrontal cortex, is the large double segment in front, right over the eyes. This is where we store short term memory, empathy and other feelings, and do our evaluating. We evaluate our......more

Very thought-provoking; inside look at how imperfectly we operate as human beings without even knowing it; very interesting personal stories from author's life used in most chapters that really brought the main points home; a lot of research and footnotes - all claims are backed up with references a......more

Hard to Be Human is a fascinating look at what makes us uniquely human and how we can transform that uniqueness into something beneficial. The book highlights five design features of the human brain that often manifest themselves as flaws, such as our misguided search for meaning, and delves into ho......more