Amanda Montell | The Age of Magical Overthinking | Talks at Google

About this video

New York Times Bestselling author Amanda Montell discusses her book “The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality.” Magical thinking can be broadly defined as the belief that one’s internal thoughts can affect unrelated events in the external world. Amanda’s prevailing message is one of hope, empathy, and ultimately forgiveness for our anxiety-addled human selves. If you have all but lost faith in our ability to reason, Amanda aims to make some sense of the senseless. To crack open a window in our minds, and let a warm breeze in. To help quiet the cacophony for a while, or even hear a melody in it. Get the book here: https://goo.gle/3WJxWF5 Amanda Montell is a writer and linguist from Baltimore. She is the author of the acclaimed books Wordslut, Cultish, and the New York Times bestseller The Age of Magical Overthinking. Along with hosting the podcast Sounds Like a Cult and the Magical Overthinkers Podcast, her writing has also appeared in The New York Times, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, and more. She holds a degree in linguistics from NYU and lives in Los Angeles. Moderated by Natalie LeVeck.