The nightly news and conventional wisdom tell us that things are bad and getting worse. Yet despite dire predictions, scientists see many good things on the horizon. John Brockman, publisher of Edge (www.edge.org), the influential online salon, recently asked more than 150 high-powered scientific thinkers to answer a vital question for our frequently pessimistic times: "What...(展开全部)

Why are some people worriers, and others wanderers? Why do some people seem good at empathising, and others at controlling? We have something deep and consistent within us that determines the choices we make and the situations we bring about. But why should members of the same species differ so markedly in their natures? What is the best personality to have; a bold one or a shy...(展开全部)

Why are some people worriers, and others wanderers? Why do some people seem good at empathising, and others at controlling? We have something deep and consistent within us that determines the choices we make and the situations we bring about. But why should members of the same species differ so markedly in their natures? What is the best personality to have; a bold one or a shy...(展开全部)

Psychologist Seligman ( Learned Optimism ) here examines common psychological disorders according to their biological and societal, or learned, components. Most enlightening are his analyses of the effectiveness of relaxation, meditation, psychoanalysis and cognitive therapies in the treatment of anxiety, which, along with depression and anger, he claims, can largely be control...(展开全部)

Psychologist Seligman ( Learned Optimism ) here examines common psychological disorders according to their biological and societal, or learned, components. Most enlightening are his analyses of the effectiveness of relaxation, meditation, psychoanalysis and cognitive therapies in the treatment of anxiety, which, along with depression and anger, he claims, can largely be control...(展开全部)

A woman describes a series of encounters she has with various people in the ordinary course of her life: an ex she runs into by chance at a public forum, an Airbnb owner unsure how to interact with her guests, a stranger who seeks help comforting his elderly mother, a friend of her youth now hospitalized with terminal cancer. In each of these people the woman finds a common nee...(展开全部)

克里希那穆提（1895-1986），印度著名哲学家，当代最受推崇的心灵导师，已出版七十余本著作，全部由演讲和对话录集结而成，目前已被译成47国语言文字，在全世界产生了广泛而深远的影响。 克里希那穆提倡导，实现世界和平的唯一途径是人类心灵的转变，为此，我们每个人都应当自省其身，除此之外没有任何捷径可走，也没有任何大师或权威可以提供帮助。佛学家推崇克氏为中观导师，印度教吠檀多学者则认为他是个圆满的觉者。

克里希那穆提（1895-1986），印度著名哲学家，当代最受推崇的心灵导师，已出版七十余本著作，全部由演讲和对话录集结而成，目前已被译成47国语言文字，在全世界产生了广泛而深远的影响。 克里希那穆提倡导，实现世界和平的唯一途径是人类心灵的转变，为此，我们每个人都应当自省其身，除此之外没有任何捷径可走，也没有任何大师或权威可以提供帮助。佛学家推崇克氏为中观导师，印度教吠檀多学者则认为他是个圆满的觉者。

在线阅读本书 This is a provocative and witty look at how our private spaces - from boardroom to bedroom - reveal our personalities, whether we know it or not!Does what's on your desk reveal what's on your mind? Do those pictures on your walls tell true tales about you? And is your favourite outfit about to give you away? For the last ten years, psychologist Sam Gosling has been stud...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 This is a provocative and witty look at how our private spaces - from boardroom to bedroom - reveal our personalities, whether we know it or not!Does what's on your desk reveal what's on your mind? Do those pictures on your walls tell true tales about you? And is your favourite outfit about to give you away? For the last ten years, psychologist Sam Gosling has been stud...(展开全部)