Look Again
The Power of Noticing What Was Always There
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Look Again
Narrated by:
Imani Jade Powers, Byron Wagner
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Narrated by:
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Imani Jade Powers
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Byron Wagner
About this listen
Have you ever noticed that what is exciting on Monday tends to become boring on Friday? Even passionate relationships, stimulating jobs, and breathtaking works of art lose their sparkle after a while. As easy as it is to stop noticing what is most wonderful in our lives, it’s also possible to stop noticing what is terrible. People get used to dirty air. They become unconcerned by their own misconduct, blind to inequality, and are more liable to believe misinformation than ever before.
Now, neuroscience professor Tali Sharot and Harvard law professor (and presidential advisor) Cass R. Sunstein investigate why we stop noticing both the great and not-so-great things around us and how to “dishabituate” at the office, in the bedroom, at the store, on social media, and in the voting booth.
This groundbreaking and “sensational guide to a more psychological rich life” (Angela Duckworth, New York Times bestselling author), based on decades of research, illuminates how we can reignite the sparks of joy, innovate, and recognize where improvements urgently need to be made. The key to this disruption—to seeing, feeling, and noticing again—is change. By temporarily changing your environment, changing the rules, changing the people you interact with—or even just stepping back and imagining change—you regain sensitivity, allowing you to identify more clearly the bad and more deeply appreciate the good.
Critic reviews
"Two gifted narrators turn in performances that make the authors’ ideas about paying attention come alive. Their vocal gifts are different and complement each other: Imani Jade Powers performs with a hushed intensity and a philosophical depth that give her interpretations real power. Byron Wagner’s strengths are more stylistic; his amazing array of pitch patterns is fun to hear and makes the author’s ideas glow without trivializing them. Both narrators perform with seemingly effortless diction from start to finish. The audiobook’s mission is to help us understand and gain power over the way we process familiar versus novel experiences. The sections on how we “normalize” what is ordinarily shocking or untrue are especially illuminating in this age of disinformation and cultural decline."
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