Makenzie Shane’s Reviews > The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality > Status Update
Makenzie Shane
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52% - okay I want to read more on contronyms and how they are used.
— Jun 17, 2026 10:18AM
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Makenzie Shane
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78% - having a blast and thinking I need to read some of these books she is quoting
— Jun 17, 2026 10:19AM
Makenzie Shane
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The way she talks about her own experience with 'Sunk cost fallacy' is so refreshing. Personal, vulnerable, informed, and clearly put within the context of her larger point. I think that is one of the reasons why I appreciate Amanda's inclusion of personal narrative. It isn't preachy. It isn't self-indulging. It is the perfect happy medium.
— Jun 17, 2026 10:18AM
Makenzie Shane
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21% - the idea that "anxiety itself perpetuates paranoid thinking" makes so much sense. Going to think on where I see that one....
— Jun 17, 2026 10:18AM
Makenzie Shane
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10% - Amanda's writing is easy to follow in the best way. So far, I find this subject matter less engaging than that in "cultish".....but there is still time 🙂
— Jun 17, 2026 10:18AM
