Think Again by Adam Grant explores why and how we should aim to be flexible thinkers. Through stories and easy-to-read social science summaries, Grant makes the case that it is beneficial to ourselves and society for us to think like scientists, holding our beliefs humbly and with a willingness to test them, as a scientist does a hypothesis. He explains how to practice this habit of mind, and how to convince others to rethink their ideas without creating hostility. Toward the end of the book, Grant gives practical advice for how these ideas could transform our classrooms and workplaces, and why this would be good for all of us. Think Again, at the end of a year when “we’ve all had to put our mental pliability to the test” and when polarization continues to wreak havoc, offers an encouragement in navigating the present instability and a path toward defusing the charged landscape of polarized opinions.

“I believe good teachers introduce new thoughts, but great teachers introduce new ways of thinking.” -Adam Grant (page 203 of Think Again)