Review

This was an interesting book - not a guide to happiness as you might think at first, but an explanation of some of the psychological reasons why we are bad at predicting what will make us happy. He has some tips at the very end, but mostly it’s a jaunt through the interesting things our brain does to try to help us, and when those things can backfire. This is part review, part me-keeping-notes-for-the-future....

I thought I’d start making better notes on non-fiction books I read and post them here as a bit of a reminder to myself for lessons learnt, and a sort of tracker for interesting books I’ve read. Thankfully, the local library has quite a large selection. First is The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket. This is one about the food supply chain in the US....