{"id":8558,"date":"2020-01-06T12:21:47","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T18:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/?p=8558"},"modified":"2020-01-06T12:21:47","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T18:21:47","slug":"unwind-the-mind-with-the-optimists-telescope-featured-book-for-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/2020\/01\/06\/unwind-the-mind-with-the-optimists-telescope-featured-book-for-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Unwind the Mind with The Optimist’s Telescope, Featured book for January"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>Author Bina Venkataram’s stellar credentials include teaching in the program on Science, Technology, and Society at MIT, working as a journalist for The New York Times<\/em> and the Boston Globe<\/em>, and serving as a senior adviser for climate change innovation in the Obama White House.\u00a0 In this book, she unpacks the reasons why we have difficulty making decisions that will benefit us in the long term, instead, focusing only on short-term gains.\u00a0 While our impulses don’t benefit us, the author provides evidence for optimism by showing instances where we have made the right call.<\/p>\n

While her expertise is in the science of climate change, she presents a variety of situations, with examples from biology, psychology, history, and economics.\u00a0 With each scenario, she demonstrates the capacity for people to work toward a better future for themselves and for society as a whole.<\/p>\n

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