Aaron’s Comments (group member since Apr 08, 2012)

Aaron’s comments from the New Popular Science Books group.

Just finished reading the new book by Dan Ariely called The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone--Especially Ourselves. The book explores the psychology of lying, cheating and corruption and the factors (both internal and external) that either increase or decrease it (as well as how we can exploit these factors to get less cheating in our own lives, and society in general). I've written a full executive summary of the book available here: http://newbooksinbrief.com/2012/07/02...

Cheers,
Aaron

Just finished reading the new book by Paul Krugman called End This Depression Now!. The book makes the case for an aggressive government stimulus approach to help get America out of its current economic slump. I've written an executive summary of the book available here: http://newbooksinbrief.com/2012/06/18...

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Aaron

Just finished reading Peter Schiff's new book called The Real Crash: America's Coming Bankruptcy---How to Save Yourself and Your Country. The book explores the economy from a libertarian's point of view, and argues that government overspending is on the verge of sending America into bankruptcy. I've written a full executive summary of the book available here: http://newbooksinbrief.com/2012/06/04...

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Aaron

Just finised reading the new book by Susan Cain called Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. The book explores the psychology and societal contributions of the quiet type. I've written a full executive summary of the book available here: http://newbooksinbrief.com/2012/05/21...

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Aaron

Just finished reading the new book by Jonah Lehrer called Imagine: How Creativity Works. The book explores the psychology and neuroscience of creativity and how we can get more of it in our lives, businesses and communities. I've written a full executive summary of the book available here: http://newbooksinbrief.com/2012/04/29...

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Aaron

Just finished reading the new book by E.O. Wilson called The Social Conquest of Earth. The book traces the evolution of our species (both biological and cultural) from the time we branched off from the chimpanzees, to the birth of civilization. I've written an executive summary of the book available here: http://newbooksinbrief.com/2012/04/14...

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Aaron

Just finished reading the new book by Jonathan Haidt called The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion. The book explores the evolution of our moral sense, and outlines how our moral sentiments are at the heart of some of our deepest divisions. I've written a full executive summary of the book available here: http://newbooksinbrief.com/2012/04/02...

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Aaron

Just finished reading the new book by Charles Duhigg called The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business. The book is all about how habits figure into our personal lives, the organizations of which we are a part, and even social movements and societies. I've written a full executive summary of the book available here: http://newbooksinbrief.com/2012/03/18...

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Aaron

Just finished Reading the new book by Peter Diamandis called Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think. The book explores the latest in game-changing technologies and how they will transform our world in the next 10 to 25 years. I've written a full executive summary of the book available here: http://newbooksinbrief.com/2012/03/03...

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Aaron

Just finished reading Simon Laham's new book called The Science of Sin: The Psychology of the Seven Deadlies. The book explores the origin of the seven deadly sins (lust, gluttony, greed, anger, pride, sloth and envy), and how they are not as bad as they are cracked up to be, and can in fact be good for you, when approached in the right kind of way. I've written a full executive summary of the book available here: http://newbooksinbrief.com/2012/02/17...

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Aaron

Just finished reading the new book by Rachel Herz called That's Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion. The book explores our sense of disgust, and what it says about our broader human nature. I've written an executive summary of the book available here: http://newbooksinbrief.com/2012/02/05...

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Aaron

Just finished reading Lawrence Krauss' new book called A Universe from Nothing: Why There is Something Rather Than Nothing. Krauss argues that our best science reveals that the universe could indeed have started from nothing. I've written a full executive summary of the book available here: http://newbooksinbrief.com/2012/01/28...

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Aaron

Just finished reading the new book by Michael Gazzaniga called Who's in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain. The book explores what our latest neuroscience says about the free will question. I've written a full executive summary of the book available here: http://newbooksinbrief.com/2012/01/28...

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Aaron

Just finished reading the new book by Steven Pinker called The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. The book argues that, contrary to popular opinion, violence has declined in virtually every category we can think of since civilization began (albeit unevenly across time and geography, and with a few blips along the way). the book also explores the forces in human nature that incline us towards violence and those that incline us away from it. I've written a full executive summary of the book available here: http://newbooksinbrief.com/2012/01/28...

Cheers,
Aaron

Hiya. I run a website dedicated to new, popular-science books. Specifically, I write executive summaries and produce podcast discussions of brand new, top selling science-based books (a new one every two weeks). I'm at:

http://newbooksinbrief.com/

Cheers,
Aaron
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