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Black-and-White Thinking: The Binary Brain (Book Bite)

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Critical Thinking Courses

Course Description

Overview

Avoid the pitfalls of black-and-white thinking. In this audiobook summary, learn how to think beyond basic categories and overcome the limits of the binary brain.

Syllabus

1. Black-and-White-Thinking: The Burden of a Binary Brain
  • Introducing Kevin Dutton
  • Kevin Dutton introduces Black-and-White-Thinking
  • We're born with a categorization instinct
  • Good psychopaths terrify us because we've only met bad ones
  • Lines are our drug--we can't live without them
  • The world's best persuaders live in black and white
  • Our brain has a built-in category "viewfinder"

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Next Big Idea Club

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