The Certainty Cure (Paperback)
Idioma: inglés
Editorial: On the Way Books, 2025
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Paperback. In a world where certainty seems like a virtue - or the path to justice - philosopher Stefani Ruper asks a radical question: what if it's the opposite? What if our obsession with being right is what's tearing us apart?Many efforts to heal our fractured world fall short. Some believe the answer is to defeat the "other side," but that only deepens division. Others call for better algorithms or more empathy, but these can't help if we haven't done the inner work of opening our hearts and minds.This is where The Certainty Cure comes in.After more than a decade of research at universities around the world - including a PhD from the University of Oxford - Ruper diagnoses a crucial, overlooked pathology of modern life: we are addicted to certainty.Certainty feels good, even amazing. It feels like righteousness, control, and safety. But it's an illusion - and our attachment to it is obstructing both personal and collective health.Ruper's cure is intellectual vulnerability: the courage to admit we don't have all the answers, and the willingness to keep learning, even - or especially - from people who disagree with us.Practiced fully, intellectual vulnerability fosters new depths of open-mindedness, humility, and curiosity. It equips us with the equanimity and fellowship we need to repair our families and communities, dialogue across divides, sustain democracy, and grow.Blending philosophy, moral psychology, and spiritual growth, Ruper offers both bold, new ideas and tools for transformation.Readers will learn how to: Have difficult conversations that build trust instead of wallsTransform defensiveness into curiosityReplace polarization with real understandingFind strength in uncertainty, humility, and carePart of the magic of this book is how human Ruper is with us. She screams at her father, nearly tears her family apart, and confesses her own defensiveness and short-sightedness. Amid all this drama, she's delightfully lighthearted-one early reviewer called her guidance "empowering, inspiring, but most of all easygoing."The Certainty Cure is the kind of book that can change a zeitgeist. It challenges us to look deeper into our own hearts and values, and in doing so leaves us not merely intellectually but emotionally and even socially transformed.For readers of Adam Grant, Brene Brown, and Jonathan Haidt, this is a book for anyone who senses that the future of our relationships-and our democracy-depends on how bravely we can learn, listen, and grow. We're addicted to being right-and it's tearing us apart. Philosopher Stefani Ruper offers a hopeful, practical path to heal divides and rediscover truth as something we seek better together. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…
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- Título
- The Certainty Cure (Paperback)
- Autor
- Stefani Ruper
- Editorial
- On the Way Books
- Año de publicación
- 2025
- Estado
- new
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 13
- 9798993537504
In a world where certainty seems like a virtue - or the path to justice - philosopher Stefani Ruper asks a radical question: what if it's the opposite? What if our obsession with being right is what's tearing us apart?
Many efforts to heal our fractured world fall short. Some believe the answer is to defeat the "other side," but that only deepens division. Others call for better algorithms or more empathy, but these can't help if we haven't done the inner work of opening our hearts and minds.
This is where The Certainty Cure comes in.
After more than a decade of research at universities around the world - including a PhD from the University of Oxford - Ruper diagnoses a crucial, overlooked pathology of modern life:
we are addicted to certainty.
Certainty feels good, even amazing. It feels like righteousness, control, and safety. But it's an illusion - and our attachment to it is obstructing both personal and collective health.
Ruper's cure is intellectual vulnerability: the courage to admit we don't have all the answers, and the willingness to keep learning, even - or especially - from people who disagree with us.
Practiced fully, intellectual vulnerability fosters new depths of open-mindedness, humility, and curiosity. It equips us with the equanimity and fellowship we need to repair our families and communities, dialogue across divides, sustain democracy, and grow.
Blending philosophy, moral psychology, and spiritual growth, Ruper offers both bold, new ideas and tools for transformation.
Readers will learn how to:
- Have difficult conversations that build trust instead of walls
- Transform defensiveness into curiosity
- Replace polarization with real understanding
- Find strength in uncertainty, humility, and care
Part of the magic of this book is how human Ruper is with us. She screams at her father, nearly tears her family apart, and confesses her own defensiveness and short-sightedness. Amid all this drama, she's delightfully lighthearted-one early reviewer called her guidance "empowering, inspiring, but most of all easygoing."
The Certainty Cure is the kind of book that can change a zeitgeist. It challenges us to look deeper into our own hearts and values, and in doing so leaves us not merely intellectually but emotionally and even socially transformed.
For readers of Adam Grant, Brené Brown, and Jonathan Haidt, this is a book for anyone who senses that the future of our relationships-and our democracy-depends on how bravely we can learn, listen, and grow.
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