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A review by hydrareads
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
A book that gives language and definition to how and why we think the way we do by using established psychological phenomena but in the background of today’s age amidst social media and modern plumbing.
It explores many themes like zero-sum bias, the sunk cost fallacy and my fave chapter declinism. All concepts familiar to our day to day yet we sometimes don’t have the language for.
A toss up between a memoir and a sociological commentary, it’s a book that keeps you entertained and informed. Are all the takes fresh and new? No. Are the chapter titles entertaining? Yes.
It explores many themes like zero-sum bias, the sunk cost fallacy and my fave chapter declinism. All concepts familiar to our day to day yet we sometimes don’t have the language for.
A toss up between a memoir and a sociological commentary, it’s a book that keeps you entertained and informed. Are all the takes fresh and new? No. Are the chapter titles entertaining? Yes.