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24 alternatives to Hidden Brain: The Perils of Power

It's "much safer to be feared than loved." ...or is it?

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hidden Brain: The Perils of Power launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
The Gift of Fear▲65
Survival Signals that Protect us from Violence
2016 · its alternatives →
2
Blindspot▲86
Hidden biases of good people
2015 · its alternatives →
3
Hidden Brain: Ep. 41: Defeated: Losing Hurts (In Surprising Ways)▲55
A conversation about life's unseen patterns
2016 · its alternatives →
4
Waking Up #44 - Being Good and Doing Good: A Conversation with William MacAskill▲55
Effective altruism, moral illusions, and existential risk
2016 · its alternatives →
5
Impactful - 2 Certainty▲56
Our brains are attracted to certainty & it's a big problem.
2016 · its alternatives →
6
Predictably Irrational▲96
The hidden forces that shape our decisions
2015 · its alternatives →
7
Fearless Social Confidence▲66
Strategies to conquer social insecurity & eliminate anxiety
2016 · its alternatives →
8
Invisible Influence▲66
The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior
2016 · its alternatives →
9
Serial - S2E3: Escaping▲88
Learning the necessary and twisted lessons of survival
2015 · its alternatives →
10
Rejection Therapy▲105
A game to conquer fear by getting rejected
2015 · its alternatives →
11
Dark Matter of the Mind▲67
The Culturally Articulated Unconscious
2017 · its alternatives →
12
Unconscious Branding▲61
How Neuroscience Can Empower (and Inspire) Marketing
2016 · its alternatives →
13
Hello Tech Pros: Contemplating Suicide Taught Me This About Social Anxiety▲60
A 30+ year struggle with self-doubt and loneliness
2016 · its alternatives →
14
Ego Is The Enemy▲140
Ryan Holiday's new book on humility and resilience
2016 · its alternatives →
15
Exposed: Desire and Disobedience in the Digital Age▲62
Digital Transparence and Expository Society
2016 · its alternatives →
16
Hello Tech Pros: Why Relationships are the Strongest of the 3 Types of Power▲57
Therman Trotman on People
2016 · its alternatives →
17
Subliminal▲64
How your unconscious mind rules your behavior
2016 · its alternatives →
18
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies▲91
Why human brains are complicated, superior machines
2016 · its alternatives →
19
It Depends 006: Impostor Syndrome▲54
Fear of not knowing enough and being uncovered as a fraud
2016 · its alternatives →
20
Innovation and Leadership - #78: Alan Doan▲54
Vulnerability as a strength
2016 · its alternatives →
21
Create Or Hate: Successful People Make Things▲128
We are all creative — there is a creator in you.
2016 · its alternatives →
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A Theory of Anxiety Conditions▲7
Hi HN, I ve been in this community for a while now and have a huge amount of respect for the people and the forum so I wanted to post this here. This is a pretty random one and I wish to emphasise from the very beginning this is not medical advice and is only based on what I saw in myself. It is therefore entirely up to anyone kind enough to have a read to decide whether they think what I describe makes any sense for them. If people have comments or thoughts I think it would be quite cool to use the GitHub issues as a forum for discussion and collecting peoples’ feedback. TLDR When I was…
2022 · a-theory-of-anxiety-conditions.github.io · its alternatives →
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The Seven Sins of Memory▲63
How the Mind Forgets and Remembers
2016 · its alternatives →
24
Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives▲62
How can messiness lead to more creativity and new ideas?
2016 · its alternatives →

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