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CHAPTER 4 — Commanders of attention 1: the attractors
Read: CHAPTER 4 — Commanders of attention 1: the attractorsFrom Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade — ← Back to chapter overviewShareSome stimuli seize attention almost automatically. They don’t persuade by themselves; they open the…
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CHAPTER 3 — What’s focal is causal
Read: CHAPTER 3 — What’s focal is causalFrom Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade — ← Back to chapter overviewShareWhen people explain why something happened, they usually point to what was most prominent…
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CHAPTER 2 — The importance of attention…is importance
Read: CHAPTER 2 — The importance of attention…is importanceFrom Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade — ← Back to chapter overviewShareAttention is not a spotlight that reveals importance. It often creates importance. When something…
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CHAPTER 1 — Privileged moments
Read: CHAPTER 1 — Privileged momentsFrom Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade — ← Back to chapter overviewShareSome moments are unusually ‘soft’—the mind is searching, uncertain, or freshly oriented, and a…
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INTRODUCTION — Pre-suasion: an introduction
Read: INTRODUCTION — Pre-suasion: an introductionFrom Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade — ← Back to chapter overviewSharePersuasion doesn’t begin when you speak. It begins in the instant before you speak,…
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INDEX — Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Read: INDEX — Homo Deus: A Brief History of TomorrowFrom Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow — ← Back to chapter overviewShareAn index looks humble, but it reveals the book’s real terrain. It lists the recurring…
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IMAGE CREDITS
Read: IMAGE CREDITSFrom Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow — ← Back to chapter overviewShareThe illustrations in this book are not decoration; they are part of the argument. Images…
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS — Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Read: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS — Homo Deus: A Brief History of TomorrowFrom Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow — ← Back to chapter overviewShareAcknowledgements remind you that “a single author” is usually a convenient fiction. Behind the voice…
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NOTES — Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Read: NOTES — Homo Deus: A Brief History of TomorrowFrom Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow — ← Back to chapter overviewShareThe notes section is a second, quieter book running beneath the first: a trail of…
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CHAPTER 11 — The Data Religion
Read: CHAPTER 11 — The Data ReligionFrom Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow — ← Back to chapter overviewShareA new creed grows from a blunt claim: organisms are algorithms, and life is information…
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CHAPTER 10 — The Ocean of Consciousness
Read: CHAPTER 10 — The Ocean of ConsciousnessFrom Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow — ← Back to chapter overviewShareHumanism treats consciousness as precious: feelings give meaning, and inner experience makes life worth living.…
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CHAPTER 9 — The Great Decoupling
Read: CHAPTER 9 — The Great DecouplingFrom Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow — ← Back to chapter overviewShareFor centuries, economic value was tied to human labor and human minds. Even powerful elites…