A review by robinlm
A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives by Cordelia Fine

4.0

I almost gave this 3 stars because some of the information in the book is so frustrating, but I shouldn't really hold that against the author. The "bigoted brain" chapter, for example--ugh! It's so easy to be "primed" to be sexist and racist and ageist and all the other -ists/-isms. But, we really need to be aware of the fact that every single person is unconsciously biased in many ways and change our entire conversation about race/gender/etc. We can't get anywhere unless we acknowledge that ALL of us, every single person, has some unconscious bias and we ALL need to address it within ourselves. Having unconscious bias doesn't make us bad or evil, but acting on that bias has serious consequences.

A must read for anyone who wants to understand their stupid, stupid brains better.