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**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER****AS HEARD ON CHRIS EVANS '10 OUT 10'**What if the real obstacle isn't your effort, your discipline, or your circumstances, but what you believe is possible?Behind every endeavour are beliefs that shape outcomes. Most people never question those beliefs, even when they hold them back. Beyond Belief by bestselling author Nir Eyal (Indistractable and Hooked) reveals one counterintuitive truth: these beliefs aren't facts. They're tools. Understand how they work, and you can set them aside when they are unhelpful and replace them with better ones to change what's possible for you.Backed by the latest neuroscience and psychology research, Eyal shows you how your hidden assumptions filter what you see, what you attempt, and what you achieve, and gives you a clear, practical method to change them. Learn how to:See what others miss – Beliefs filter your perception. Shift them, and options that were invisible come into view.Stay grounded under pressure – Change how you respond to uncertainty so steadiness becomes your default, not something you force.Break costly patterns – Improve your health, relationships, and career by removing interference – not adding more effort.Expand what you think you're capable of – Your limits aren't fixed. They're learned. And what's learned can be relearned.Once you understand how belief really works, you can stop fighting yourself — and start building change that lasts.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER | OVER 500,000 COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEWhy do some products capture our attention while others fade into obscurity?What makes us check our phones, open an app, or scroll a feed without even thinking?Is there a repeatable pattern behind how technology hooks us?In Hooked, Nir Eyal reveals the secret psychology behind the world’s most engaging products. Introducing the groundbreaking Hook Model - Trigger ? Action ? Variable Reward ? Investment - Eyal uncovers how products from Apple, Twitter, Instagram and Google create lasting user habits and how you can ethically harness these principles to build products people love.Packed with cutting-edge behavioural science, case studies, and practical frameworks, Hooked is both a manual for product designers and a mirror for anyone curious about their own habits.‘Hooked changed my life. It’s essential reading for anyone who wants to better understand their actions and habits’Steven Bartlett, Diary of a CEO‘Nir Eyal taught Silicon Valley how to design behaviour — and then reminded us to use that power responsibly;Mark Manson, Solved Podcast ‘Our challenges go beyond technology; they stem from the internal discomfort that Nir Eyal’s work helps us understand’Ali Abdaal, Deep Dive Podcast ‘In Hooked, Nir Eyal shows the fine line between persuasion and coercion — and why ethical design matters more than ever’Jim O’Shaughnessy, Infinite Loops Podcast

*As heard on Steven Bartlett's Diary of a CEO*'A must-read' Mark MansonWe are living through a crisis of distraction. Plans get sidetracked, friends are ignored, work never seems to get done. Why does it feel like we're distracting our lives away?In Indistractable, behavioural designer Nir Eyal reveals the hidden psychology driving you to distraction. Empowering and optimistic, this is the book that will help you design your time, realise your ambitions, and live the life you really want.'If you value your time, your focus or your relationships, this book is essential reading' Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation'A guide to staying focused in an age of constant distraction' Guardian‘Exactly what most of us need in order to focus on what is important, rather than the dazzling, illuminated, unsatisfying distractions of modern life' Matt Haig'Does exactly as it promises. Amazing' Chris Evans'The best guide I've read for reclaiming our attention, our focus and our lives' Arianna Huffington

The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) is one of the largest-scale research collaborations in global health, distilling a wide range of health information to provide estimates and projections for more than 350 diseases, injuries, and risk factors in 195 countries. Its results are a critical tool informing researchers, policy-makers, and others working to promote health around the globe. A study like the GBD is, of course, extremely complex from an empirical perspective. But it also raises a large number of complex ethical and philosophical questions that have been explored in a series of collaborations over the past twenty years among epidemiologists, philosophers, economists, and policy scholars. The essays in this volume address issues of current and urgent concern to the GBD and other epidemiological studies, including rival understandings of causation, the aggregation of complex health data, temporal discounting, age-weighting, and the valuation of health states. The volume concludes with a set of chapters discussing how epidemiological data should and should not be used. Better appreciating the philosophical dimensions of a study like the GBD can make possible a more sophisticated interpretation of its results, and it can improve epidemiological studies in the future, so that they are better suited to produce results that can help us to improve global health.

The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) is one of the largest-scale research collaborations in global health, distilling a wide range of health information to provide estimates and projections for more than 350 diseases, injuries, and risk factors in 195 countries. Its results are a critical tool informing researchers, policy-makers, and others working to promote health around the globe.A study like the GBD is, of course, extremely complex from an empirical perspective. But it also raises a large number of complex ethical and philosophical questions that have been explored in a series of collaborations over the past twenty years among epidemiologists, philosophers, economists, and policy scholars. The essays in this volume address issues of current and urgent concern to the GBD and other epidemiological studies, including rival understandings of causation, the aggregation of complex health data, temporal discounting, age-weighting, and the valuation of health states. The volume concludes with a set of chapters discussing how epidemiological data should and should not be used.Better appreciating the philosophical dimensions of a study like the GBD can make possible a more sophisticated interpretation of its results, and it can improve epidemiological studies in the future, so that they are better suited to produce results that can help us to improve global health.

The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) is one of the largest-scale research collaborations in global health, distilling a wide range of health information to provide estimates and projections for more than 350 diseases, injuries, and risk factors in 195 countries. Its results are a critical tool informing researchers, policy-makers, and others working to promote health around the globe.A study like the GBD is, of course, extremely complex from an empirical perspective. But it also raises a large number of complex ethical and philosophical questions that have been explored in a series of collaborations over the past twenty years among epidemiologists, philosophers, economists, and policy scholars. The essays in this volume address issues of current and urgent concern to the GBD and other epidemiological studies, including rival understandings of causation, the aggregation of complex health data, temporal discounting, age-weighting, and the valuation of health states. The volume concludes with a set of chapters discussing how epidemiological data should and should not be used.Better appreciating the philosophical dimensions of a study like the GBD can make possible a more sophisticated interpretation of its results, and it can improve epidemiological studies in the future, so that they are better suited to produce results that can help us to improve global health.

On August 5, 2010, a cave-in left thirty-three Chilean miners trapped underground. The Chilean government embarked on a massive rescue effort that is estimated to have cost between ten and twenty million dollars. There is a puzzle here. Many mine safety measures that would have been more cost effective had not been taken in Chile earlier, either by the mining companies, the Chilean government or by international donors. The Chilean story illustrates a persistent puzzle: the identified lives effect. Human beings show a greater inclination to assist persons and groups identified as those at high risk of great harm than to assist persons and groups who will suffer -- or already suffer -- similar harm but are not identified as yet. The problem touches almost every aspect of human life and politics: health, the environment, the law. What can social and cognitive sciences teach us about the origin and triggers of the effect? Philosophically and ethically, is the effect a "bias" to be eliminated or is it morally justified? What implications does the effect have for health care, law, the environment and other practice domains? This volume is the first book to tackle the effect from all necessary perspectives: psychology, public health, law, ethics, and public policy.

The identified lives effect describes the fact that people demonstrate a stronger inclination to assist persons and groups identified as at high risk of great harm than those who will or already suffer similar harm, but endure unidentified. As a result of this effect, we allocate resources reactively rather than proactively, prioritizing treatment over prevention. For example, during the August 2010 gold mine cave-in in Chile, where ten to twenty million dollars was spent by the Chilean government to rescue the 33 miners trapped underground. Rather than address the many, more cost effective mine safety measures that should have been implemented, the Chilean government and international donors concentrated efforts in large-scale missions that concerned only the specific group. Such bias as illustrated through this incident raises practical and ethical questions that extend to almost every aspect of human life and politics.What can social and cognitive sciences teach us about the origin and triggers of the effect? Philosophically and ethically, is the effect a "bias" to be eliminated or is it morally justified? What implications does the effect have for health care, law, the environment and other practice domains?This volume is the first to take an interdisciplinary approach toward answering this issue of identified versus statistical lives by considering a variety of perspectives from psychology, public health, law, ethics, and public policy.

The identified lives effect describes the fact that people demonstrate a stronger inclination to assist persons and groups identified as at high risk of great harm than those who will or already suffer similar harm, but endure unidentified. As a result of this effect, we allocate resources reactively rather than proactively, prioritizing treatment over prevention. For example, during the August 2010 gold mine cave-in in Chile, where ten to twenty million dollars was spent by the Chilean government to rescue the 33 miners trapped underground. Rather than address the many, more cost effective mine safety measures that should have been implemented, the Chilean government and international donors concentrated efforts in large-scale missions that concerned only the specific group. Such bias as illustrated through this incident raises practical and ethical questions that extend to almost every aspect of human life and politics.What can social and cognitive sciences teach us about the origin and triggers of the effect? Philosophically and ethically, is the effect a "bias" to be eliminated or is it morally justified? What implications does the effect have for health care, law, the environment and other practice domains?This volume is the first to take an interdisciplinary approach toward answering this issue of identified versus statistical lives by considering a variety of perspectives from psychology, public health, law, ethics, and public policy.

Of every thousand children born in Iceland, two will die before their first birthday, but in Mozambique the death rate is sixty times higher. Even within countries - including some of the wealthiest - inequalities in longevity and health can be substantial. In recent years, epidemiologists have documented the extent of these inequalities both between and within countries, stimulating in turn research both on their sources and on possible means for their alleviation. These extensive and influential efforts in research and in policy development have raised health inequalities to a prominent position among the central concerns of both national and global health. Less attention has been given to careful analysis and refinement of some key concepts and values that guide and motivate these studies of health inequalities. The essays in this book demonstrate the need to identify and debate alternative positions on the choice of measures of health inequality; the definitions of 'inequality' and 'inequity' in health, and their interrelationship; the ethical basis for attaching priority to narrowing gaps in longevity and health among individuals, groups, and societies; and the possible solutions to a series of puzzles involving uncertainty and variable population size.The authors of these essays are philosophers, economists, epidemiologists, and physicians contributing to our understanding of ethical issues in population health. Their contributions will be of interest to anyone interested in inequalities in health, including specialists in health policy, public health, epidemiology, moral philosophy, demography, and health economics.

Of every thousand children born in Iceland, two will die before their first birthday, but in Mozambique the death rate is sixty times higher. Even within countries - including some of the wealthiest - inequalities in longevity and health can be substantial. In recent years, epidemiologists have documented the extent of these inequalities both between and within countries, stimulating in turn research both on their sources and on possible means for their alleviation. These extensive and influential efforts in research and in policy development have raised health inequalities to a prominent position among the central concerns of both national and global health. Less attention has been given to careful analysis and refinement of some key concepts and values that guide and motivate these studies of health inequalities. The essays in this book demonstrate the need to identify and debate alternative positions on the choice of measures of health inequality; the definitions of ''inequality'' and ''inequity'' in health, and their interrelationship; the ethical basis for attaching priority to narrowing gaps in longevity and health among individuals, groups, and societies; and the possible solutions to a series of puzzles involving uncertainty and variable population size.The authors of these essays are philosophers, economists, epidemiologists, and physicians contributing to our understanding of ethical issues in population health. Their contributions will be of interest to anyone interested in inequalities in health, including specialists in health policy, public health, epidemiology, moral philosophy, demography, and health economics.

A BRAND NEW EDITION WITH AN UPDATED FOREWORD THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER | OVER 500,000 COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEWhy do some products capture our attention while others fade into obscurity?What makes us check our phones, open an app, or scroll a feed without even thinking?Is there a repeatable pattern behind how technology hooks us?In Hooked, Nir Eyal reveals the secret psychology behind the world’s most engaging products. Introducing the groundbreaking Hook Model - Trigger ? Action ? Variable Reward ? Investment - Eyal uncovers how products from Apple, Twitter, Instagram and Google create lasting user habits and how you can ethically harness these principles to build products people love.Packed with cutting-edge behavioural science, case studies, and practical frameworks, Hooked is both a manual for product designers and a mirror for anyone curious about their own habits.‘Hooked changed my life. It’s essential reading for anyone who wants to better understand their actions and habits’Steven Bartlett, Diary of a CEO‘Nir Eyal taught Silicon Valley how to design behaviour — and then reminded us to use that power responsibly;Mark Manson, Solved Podcast ‘Our challenges go beyond technology; they stem from the internal discomfort that Nir Eyal’s work helps us understand’Ali Abdaal, Deep Dive Podcast ‘In Hooked, Nir Eyal shows the fine line between persuasion and coercion — and why ethical design matters more than ever’Jim O’Shaughnessy, Infinite Loops Podcast

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER | OVER 500,000 COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEWhy do some products capture our attention while others fade into obscurity?What makes us check our phones, open an app, or scroll a feed without even thinking?Is there a repeatable pattern behind how technology hooks us?In Hooked, Nir Eyal reveals the secret psychology behind the world’s most engaging products. Introducing the groundbreaking Hook Model - Trigger -> Action -> Variable Reward -> Investment - Eyal uncovers how products from Apple, Twitter, Instagram and Google create lasting user habits and how you can ethically harness these principles to build products people love.Packed with cutting-edge behavioural science, case studies, and practical frameworks, Hooked is both a manual for product designers and a mirror for anyone curious about their own habits.‘Hooked changed my life. It’s essential reading for anyone who wants to better understand their actions and habits’Steven Bartlett, author of Diary of a CEO‘Nir Eyal taught Silicon Valley how to design behaviour — and then reminded us to use that power responsibly'Mark Manson, author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck‘Our challenges go beyond technology; they stem from the internal discomfort that Nir Eyal’s work helps us understand’Ali Abdaal, author of Feel Good Productivity‘In Hooked, Nir Eyal shows the fine line between persuasion and coercion — and why ethical design matters more than ever’Jim O’Shaughnessy, Infinite Loops Podcast

*As heard on Steven Bartlett''s Diary of a CEO*''A must-read'' Mark MansonWe are living through a crisis of distraction. Plans get sidetracked, friends are ignored, work never seems to get done. Why does it feel like we''re distracting our lives away?In Indistractable, behavioural designer Nir Eyal reveals the hidden psychology driving you to distraction. Empowering and optimistic, this is the book that will help you design your time, realise your ambitions, and live the life you really want.''If you value your time, your focus or your relationships, this book is essential reading'' Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind''A guide to staying focused in an age of constant distraction'' Guardian''Exactly what most of us need in order to focus on what is important, rather than the dazzling, illuminated, unsatisfying distractions of modern life'' Matt Haig''Does exactly as it promises. Amazing'' Chris Evans''The best guide I''ve read for reclaiming our attention, our focus and our lives'' Arianna Huffington

**AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER****AS HEARD ON CHRIS EVANS '10 OUT 10'**What if the real obstacle isn't your effort, your discipline, or your circumstances, but what you believe is possible?Behind every endeavour are beliefs that shape outcomes. Most people never question those beliefs, even when they hold them back. Beyond Belief by bestselling author Nir Eyal (Indistractable and Hooked) reveals one counterintuitive truth: these beliefs aren't facts. They're tools. Understand how they work, and you can set them aside when they are unhelpful and replace them with better ones to change what's possible for you.Backed by the latest neuroscience and psychology research, Eyal shows you how your hidden assumptions filter what you see, what you attempt, and what you achieve, and gives you a clear, practical method to change them. Learn how to:See what others miss – Beliefs filter your perception. Shift them, and options that were invisible come into view.Stay grounded under pressure – Change how you respond to uncertainty so steadiness becomes your default, not something you force.Break costly patterns – Improve your health, relationships, and career by removing interference – not adding more effort.Expand what you think you're capable of – Your limits aren't fixed. They're learned. And what's learned can be relearned.Once you understand how belief really works, you can stop fighting yourself — and start building change that lasts.

The book "Deep Work", which was published for the first time in two thousand and six on a research journey on a skill that has become rare in most economic entities today, is a skill that may be like a lifeline and the missing key to flourish in the frameworks of modern economics, between the banks of this book we will learn about this skill And we will address the reason for its rarity and we will review the best application methods.

Studies have revealed that the number of social media users has reached billions! While about ninety -seven percent of smart phone users look at their devices within fifteen minutes of waking up every morning. Also, studies suggest that the average reading of these users of their smartphones is thirty -four times per day. Do you know what the designers of these products did until the degree of users'' connection with them reaches this extent?