Reason can be learned, even easier than intelligence acquisition: 4 Stars | Yang Zhiping "Life mode: identify and optimize your core knowledge"
Since the build-up of 2006 published 24 articles. Each article has a post and publish channels, which is more kind.
The main contents concentrated in the field of cognitive science. There are several devoted to the experience of reading and writing skills.
Higher concentrations of information is one of several related to the preamble of writing, there are many relatively new cognitive science knowledge and Progress (summarized the contents of the book can be seen as a prelude to the corresponding), and some authors Summary of related fields.
The book did not explain the author's academic background, did not explain graduated from college, he explained the author read a psychology degree, explained the large amount of reading, like reading a book rather hard core.
The book deal with more professional information sources, detailed notes and references. Notes and References There are 30 pages.
I think the important information and ideas in the book:
1: facial expressions can not reveal the emotions behind;
2: Rational can be learned, even easier than intelligence acquisition;
3: There are countless people can enhance mental abilities of scientific concepts, what the average person should have the most? Answer: a double-blind experiment;
4: Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory point of view the most important - the underlying demand for high-level constraints demand, not evidence to support;
5: long-term working memory and it is an important distinction for excellence by the ability of the average person, point and essence of it is the deliberate practice;
6: Erickson evidence of deliberate practice more in less complex cognitive activities, higher awareness of the complexity of the activities, limited role;
7: Adult learning the best way to practice is not alone, but to learn in context;
8: from weight loss, smoking cessation, and then writing procrastination, experimental data show that the intention to complete the planned execution probability is often more than twice the usual manner;
9: It is possible to understand their own self through practice rather than through self-examination;
10: Qian and Nabokov such writer, not without difficulty practicing accidentally mastered the essential principles through self. Therefore, they often do not write notes at the time, but after a lapse of a few hours, then go back dictation reading notes or a diary.
After 22 books recommended this book, I've seen "thinking, fast and slow," "heart flow" , "sense of style" three, the remaining 19 are most interested in. "Sense of style" I evaluation is not high, speak English writing, translated into Chinese is not suitable for direct read English.
4 stars overall assessment, yes.
Some chimps use herbal remedies, efficacy is not bad: 3.5 Stars | Dunbar "human algorithm"
The author is "Dunbar number" concept put forward Robin Dunbar. The English version was in 2004, and a little beat up.
The main content is about the time and cause of some of the key elements in the history of human evolution appear: thinking, monogamy, language, culture, religion.
The book several important points:
1: Care, the ability of empathy, is the most important human ability to distinguish animals (manufacturing tools will even chimpanzees use herbs do not have this ability, we can not develop a high level of culture);
2: Those qualities have long been considered the main symbol of human (walking upright, big-brained, manufacturing tool) appears to be evolved in a different time period;
3: Humans are always caught in a conflict of interest. Evolution of biological traits favored by maximizing the number of those able to offspring, but in order to achieve this goal of maximizing, there are many alternative strategies and programs;
4: If the conversation regarded as "carding" in a way, then we can at the same time a few people "carding."
The book of evidence, mainly from multi-disciplinary research archeology, anthropology, sociology, psychology, animal behavior, there are many interesting case.
With another part of the contents of the book "flying species" There are repeated.
Overall Rating 3.5 stars, not bad.
Masterwork, nearly 700, 71 million words, priced 199 yuan. The English version is 2013, not too old.
The writer is a cognitive scientist, is the main idea of the book:
1: analogy and categorize human thinking process is a very important tool, but usually subconscious carried out;
2: people categorize everything in the world of ideas and ideas are vague and often can offset some slippage;
3: genius like Albert Einstein, the theory of evolution in the thinking process is still primarily use the analogy as a tool;
作者说的类比，定义非常宽泛，除了直接把一个物品比作另外一个物品，一种场景比作另外一种场景外，把不熟悉的事务归入一个已知品类中也算归类。
书中花了很大篇幅列举语言中的有趣案例。比如跨语言的概念、俗语、寓言的对应关系，不同语言中的各种不同归类方法，比如印尼语中哥哥姐姐都叫“kakak”，“adik”则表示“妹妹”或者“弟弟”。
之后讲人类在思考过程中的类比，一个结论是貌似人类是类比的主人，但是实际上人类经常被类比的力量左右，思考的结果取决于能想到的同类概念/场景，能想到的概念/场景又取决于所处文化和当时的学术思想。
最后讲科学家利用类比的思考过程，举了数学家们解决多元多次方程和爱因斯坦思考进化论的过程。
作者在前言中说原版有两个版本，分别是英文版和法文版，是分别说英语和法语的两位作者讨论沟通的成果，书中的许多语言方面的案例，英文版举英文的例子，法文版举法文的例子。
更难得的是，中文版中许多语言方面的例子是中文的，这是作者刻意请求三位译者去做的。
多元多次方程和进化论的章节，讲到了许多比较专业的细节。
读后的一个感觉是这本书才是思维简史，讲人类思维的工具与发展，那本《思维简史》其实是物理学简史。
一个缺点是篇幅太长，完全可以缩减到200页之内不影响内容表达。不过许多案例确实比较有趣，可能作者舍不得去掉。另外篇幅这么长但是并不显得啰嗦重复。
卖书网站上这本书被归入经管类，显然是错误的。
总体评价4星，非常好。
4星|《心流：最优体验心理学》：如何在工作生活中发现幸福：找到意义与目标并且专注其中
据郑也夫写的序言，英文原版是1990年出版的，台湾版书名是《幸福：从心开始》，大陆第一版书名是《幸福的真意》，大陆第二版书名是《当下的幸福》。
有6个人写序言，其中有2位心理学学者。最希望看到的是专家们说说作者的这个学说在过去的30年在学术界的认可程度，当前的研究进展，可惜心理学专家没提，前物理学家万维刚提了一点。
本书的内容比较有趣：如何让工作与生活充满乐趣。
作者的答案是找到人生的意义与目标，专注于其中。
作者的信息来源：
1：作者做了一个心理学实验，随机多次收集数千人在工作生活中的状态；
2：作者及其团队对各行业人的问卷调查；
3：其他的二手资料。
总体评价4星，比较有意思。
4星|《知识的错觉：为什么我们从未独立思考》：人往往比自己以为的要无知得多
作者在书中指出：人们总是以为自己对周遭事物和制度比较了解，但是这往往是错觉，许多知识是存在于个人之外的世界，许多时候知识是存储在组织、制度、他人的头脑、物理世界中，人往往比自己以为的要无知得多。
内容比较有趣，也比较可信。
总体评价4星，比较有价值。
4星|《经验的疆界》：奇书，企业如何从经验中学习的相关论文综述，虽然有点旧但是非常有新意
算是一本奇书，风格与内容都比较罕见。篇幅非常短小，我估计大概在10万字左右，还有30%的篇幅是参考文献。
内容是企业如何从经验中学习的相关论文综述。英文原版是2010年出版的。只给出结论和出处，不详细阐述。有许多有趣的、震撼的内容。
一个重要的信息是：经验不像想象的那么有效，因为原因与结果可能太复杂了，总结者由于各种认知误差高估了经验的有效性，或错误总结了经验。
总体评价4星，比较有价值。
作者是认知科学家，不过本书更像是哲学家的作品。
全书主题是：人类的意识是怎么回事？是大脑的某一个部分产生的吗？
从认知科学的角度来说，答案其实比较简单，意识不是大脑的某一个部分产生的，具体怎么来的科学家们还不清楚。
但是作者绕了许多的弯，花了极大的篇幅，做了许多思想实验，最后得出了结论：我思故我在，意识就是思考。
这些思想实验中，至少花了全书20%-30%的篇幅在说罗素和怀特海的禁止罗素悖论的新集合论，以及哥德尔证明罗素的新集合论依旧是不完美的。
卖书网站把这本书归入科学类，我认为归类错误，应该算是一本哲学书。早知道是一本哲学书我就不看了。
总体评价3星，有参考价值。
原始部落与现代社会成员的熟人数量都不超过邓巴数：3星|邓巴《社群的进化》
以为会详细解释邓巴数，其实相关篇幅很小。
读后感觉内容有点发散，像是从社群的角度讲了一遍人类简史，不少内容在《人类简史》中见过。实际本书英文版比《人类简史》出版时间更早，这部分重复的内容基本是学术界共识。
全书分了7个部分，第1部分先介绍邓巴数。原始部落的规模一般在150左右，现代人的熟人基本也在这个规模，不需要层级管理的公司的规模，军队的最小作战单位，村落的人数，基本都是150人左右。150这个社群规模上限，就是邓巴数。
后面几个部分，从语言、心智、亲密关系、基因与进化、文化等方面看社群，讲人类学与进化史，内容比较发散。
第七部分讲社群的崩解，指出了当前社会的一些危机。
翻译稍逊，有些语句需要多看几遍才能明白。
英文版权是2010年的，有点旧了。
总体评价3星，还可以。
3星|采铜《精进2：解锁万物的心智进化法》：些不成体系的想法汇集
全书是作者关于思考、创意、学习与进步等领域的一些想法，引用了一些他人的观点资料和案例，但是缺乏严谨的逻辑推导，更缺乏验证这些想法的案例。
读后认为有点价值的观点：
1：把一件事情做好,需要描述性知识,也需要规定性知识；
2：“第一性原理”至少培养不出好厨师；
3：中间层次连接了理论和现实,告诉了我们行动的方法,为解决问题提供了备选方案,是特别值得关注的；
4：读某位作者的某一本书所达到的深度是没有办法跟读同作者的所有书相比的；
5：那么假如,你要在有限的时间下掌握一个新的领域,想更有效率地使用时间,那么中间层次的高频模块便是需要你重点攻克的对象；
6：这么看来,我们似乎可以把一个技能体系中的各个子技能归拢为两类:一类像技能中的“硬件”,另一类像技能中的“软件”；
7：于是我们可以设想这样一个公式:模块化的工作系统={硬件模块库}*{软件模块库}。
总体评价3星，有参考价值。
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