Mind Hacks
April 26, 2010 8:37 pm BooksMind Hacks, Tom Stafford, Matt Webb
To honest I was a little disappointed with this book.
Possibly down to my expectation rather than the book itself. I was hoping to learn some techniques to improve my memory and speed of thinking but that’s not what this is about. There are 90 odd explanations of ‘phenomena’ from blind spots (both physical and mental) through explanations of why thinking about exercise is better than not doing any at all… Quite a lot of it isn’t new it’s a collection of other peoples work (okay so a lot of books are but when you’ve seen a lot of it already elsewhere it makes it a lot less interesting, although it is quicker to read because you don’t have to fire up a browser and watch the videos!).
All very interesting but it wasn’t what I was expecting (perhaps my expectations had been anchored too high!). If you are interested in the brain from a biology and psychology lesson point of view then it is very interesting and explains a lot of detail and gives places to look for even more information so you can deep dive on a subject too.