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The Cognitive Dissonance Survival Guide: How to Hold Two Contradictory Beliefs Without Your Brain Exploding
Paperback
Publisher: Harry Lauder
Published: Nov 20 2025
Pages: 58
Weight: 0.17
Height: 0.14 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
he Cognitive Dissonance Survival Guide: How to Hold Two Contradictory Beliefs Without Your Brain Exploding is the book humanity didn't ask for-but desperately needs. If you've ever said, I'm totally committed to fitness, while eating a donut the size of your head... congratulations, you're already fluent in cognitive dissonance. This guide simply helps you master it.
Inside, you'll learn how to navigate life's most common contradictions with grace, style, and only mild psychological damage. Discover why your brain would rather set itself on fire than admit you were wrong. Marvel at how governments maintain Olympic-level mental gymnastics. Cheer as economists explain yesterday perfectly while mangling tomorrow. Applaud citizens everywhere for believing two impossible things before breakfast. And of course, admire yourself-the true grandmaster-for simultaneously loving and hating social media.
Through satire, science-ish explanations, and the kind of self-awareness that hurts a little, this micro book teaches you how to spot, celebrate, and weaponize cognitive dissonance. Because if you can't beat your contradictions, you might as well enjoy them.
If your brain makes you say, This book is exactly what I didn't know I definitely needed, don't worry-you're already practicing. Welcome to the club.
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