Piatkus Books The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't

Fantastic read. Gave me insights into several topics as never before.

Such a good book with a neat concept. You learn about how to better view reality (scout mindset) by acting like a scout vs. acting like a solider who just defends their position no matter what. Anyways this book really helped define a lot of things I think I knew but didn’t know how to express... if that makes sense? I now want to think like a scout rather than a solider! It’s smarter and I believe leads you to a better life since you have a larger grasp on reality and don’t tend to self deceive as much as the solider mindset does. I could go on and on but really do check it out. Well written and a topic that really means a lot to us these days!

This book comprehensively addresses many questions I've been repeatedly asking myself over the past years. Even in cases where I think I'd already developed a good understanding, the book added valuable insights, and the clear and engaging writing helped to further cement understanding. A decade ago, what rationality meant to me was a sort of intellectual moral high ground, from which self-idendified rationalists could engage in the sport of sniping at the unenlightened below, and congratulate each other on scoring a good hit. It not occur to me at the time that this is what was I was actually participating in, nor how this culture is poisonous to any sort of valuable discourse. This book makes a well researched and communicated case for a more authentic rationality, one which acknowledges bias and fallibility. That for discourse to be productive, both parties must be motivated to understand each other, rather than scoring points to earn more approval from people who already agree with them. I imagine there are many other books that cover similar topics, and I've certainly only read a small fraction of them. But of what I have read, this book is one of the best communicated, comprehensive and engaging. I really hope that it will be read by many people, who will take the message seriously, and hopefully go some way toward evolving the norms of discourse for the better.

Absolut bestes Buch, die Autorin ist ein Traum. Ich habe mir das Hörbuch schon bestimmt fünf mal angehört, welches von der Autorin selbst gesprochen wird, was meiner Meinung nach fast immer die authentische und Stimmigere Lösung ist. Wenn ich 10 von 5 Sterne geben könnte, würde ich es sofort tun. Es kommt an keinem Punkt dieser bekannte unangenehme Selbsthilfe vibe auf, man fühlt sich nicht gedrängt oder verbessert. Stattdessen wurde mein Interesse sanft durch die spannenden Geschichten und Beispiele im Buch geweckt und es wurde somit zu einem traumhaften Hör/ Leseerlebnis. Ich werde wahrscheinlich weiterhin das Hörbuch genießen, die Taschenbuch Variante wird mir dann als meine Grabbeigabe dienen. Dieses Buch ist wirklich ein Schatz und sollte als solcher gewürdigt werden. International. Außerirdisch. Wenn uns jemals Aliens besuchen, dann nur weil sich die kleinen grünen Kerlchen diesen Schinken einverleiben wollen. Ich sag es euch. Nun Gute Nacht.

I found this book to be very helpful