Emotions Revealed
Discusses the universality of facial expressions, explains how they can be read for specific emotions, and discusses ways to control one's emotional reactions and channel emotions into constructive behavior.
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- You should not let one review stop you from reading Barrett's book. The subject is highly fascinating and important since much of our lives are ruled by emotions and feelings. I note that the review is from one "emotion researcher" who might be focusing on finer nuances which might not be relevant for a initial broad understanding of the topic for a general audience. Also the reviewer quotes Paul Ekman (i got introduced to this subject through his book Emotions Revealed) who has had his own research questioned - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ekman#Criticisms. Nothing is set in stone here; marrying Social Psychology to concrete Neuroscience is a very difficult endeavour so an exposure to all viewpoints should be sought out.
- In addition to the classics of cognitive psychology (Kahneman, Taleb, et al.), I would also recommend books on psychological manipulation, religious cults, and con men. The following books offer a multi-disciplinary perspective on psychological techniques to improve awareness and exploit other people, both of which are essential to enhance your perception and protect yourself against fraud and manipulation.
Cialdini, Robert (2006) Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Guinn, Jeff (2017) Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple
Ekman, Paul (2007) Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life
Kahneman, Daniel (2011) Thinking, Fast and Slow
Mitnick, Kevin and William Simon (2002) Art of Deception
Navarro and Karlins (2008) What Every Body is Saying: Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People
Nietzsche, Friedrich (1887) On the Genealogy of Morals
Rhodes, Richard (1986) Making of the Atomic Bomb
Sun Tzu (c. 400 BCE) Art of War
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas (2005) Fooled by Randomness
Wright, Lawrence (2013) Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief
- Here is a list of books that I have found most useful in my daily routine, both as a Linux systems administrator at work, and more generally as a human being learning to deal with other people. As always, I welcome correspondence with anyone about these texts or related topics: mitchelldeacon9@gmail.com
PSYCHOLOGY / SALES / MARKETING
Berne, Eric (1964) Games People Play
Carnegie, Dale (1981) How to Win Friends and Influence People, revised ed.
Cialdini, Robert (2006) Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, revised ed.
Covey, Stephen (1989) Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Ekman, Paul (2007) Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life
Gray, John (1992) Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
Greene, Robert (1998) 48 Laws of Power
Kahneman, Daniel (2011) Thinking, Fast and Slow
Munger, Charles (1995) 'Psychology of Human Misjudgment', speech at Harvard, unpublished
Packard, Vance (1957) Hidden Persuaders
Patterson et al. (2012) Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, 2E
Sun Tzu (ca. 400 BCE) Art of War
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY / STATISTICS
Bowden, Mark (2011) Worm: First Digital World War
Brooks, Frederick (1995) Mythical Man-Month, 2E
Hunt, Andrew and David Thomas (1999) Pragmatic Programmer
Levy, Steven (2001) Crypto: How Code Rebels Beat the Government – Saving Privacy in the Digital Age
MacCormick, John (2012) Nine Algorithms that Changed the Future
Mitnick, Kevin and William Simon (2002) Art of Deception
Poulsen, Kevin (2011) Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cyber-Crime Underworld
Raymond, Eric (2003) Art of Unix Programming
Taleb, Nassim Nicholas (2005) Fooled by Randomness, 2E
_________ (2010) Black Swan: Impact of the Highly Improbable, 2E
Torvalds, Linus and David Diamond (2001) Just for Fun: Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
Williams, Sam (2002) Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software
- For anyone interested in "emotional intelligence" or being more conscious of emotions in yourself and others, check out Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life by Dr. Paul Ekman.
https://www.amazon.com/Emotions-Revealed-Second-Recognizing-...
- Anyone here read Emotions Revealed by Paul Ekman? I think after reading this book it has helped me better to understand and connect with people's feelings. Building empathy isn't just about listening to people. It is also about understanding their body language, choice of words, tone etc.. More can be read from the body then what they are saying.
An interesting point of view is presented in a book Brain Rules for Baby by John Medina. He talks about how technology is destroying a growing mind to develop Empathy. Kids these days are more engaged on their smart phones messaging friends vs spending time in the play ground with them face to face. Their ability to build empathy by human to human communication is diminished. We are then left with kids that have social skill issues and instead of treating the root cause doctors push drugs into them. A spiral down into oblivion.
