How do we think? Why do we make certain decisions? Can feelings prevail the utilitarian choice?
In my investigation I found this great video, "
". I have actually used this test in trainings, where my point was to demonstrate that we are not rational thinkers. The audience did not like the test, because it is quite disturbing.
Since, I have used different ways to proof my point. Yet the test remains highly interesting and as Kevin Dutton points out, psychopathic traits are pretty well represented in politicians and world leaders. They are faced with tremendous dilemmas on a daily basis. They have to be pretty confident to run for office at all. They have to be very good at presenting themselves in a certain light. And they have to be very persuasive and manipulative.
This year, I read 55 books. Although I am not reading for the sake of numbers, this is most definitely a record for me. Some of these books deeply moved me and gave me new ideas and perspectives on live. I have compiled a list of 11 books which I recommend to any one, for
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We live in constant stress. Most of that stress is caused by the social construct that we live in. Mortgages, jobs, competition, policies, laws… They exist because we decided to organise the world in this way. If we were to organise it in a different way, these issues would cease to exist. So in a
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