The Power of Human: How Our Shared Humanity Can Help Us Create a Better World

Waytz, Adam

ISBN 10: 0393634760 / ISBN 13: 9780393634761

Editore: W. W. Norton & Company, 2019

Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. With remainder mark. Codice articolo L20B-02871

Riassunto:

The unprecedented access to other humans that technology provides has ironically freed us from engaging with them. Thanks to social media, we can know a campaigning politician s platform; an avid traveler s restaurant recommendations; and the daily emotional fluctuations of our friends without ever even picking up the phone. According to social psychologist Adam Waytz, our increasingly human-free lives come with a serious cost that we ve already begun to pay: the loss of our humanity.Humans have superpowers. More than any other psychological stimulus, our presence can make experiences feel significant, inspire moral behavior, and encourage action. Recent studies suggest that we even have power over mortality the survival rate of individuals with stronger social relationships has been found to be twice as high as those with weak relationships.The Power of HumanThe Power of Human

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Titolo: The Power of Human: How Our Shared Humanity ...
Casa editrice: W. W. Norton & Company
Data di pubblicazione: 2019
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Very Good
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