Hi,
I'm Zhichao Wei.
A psychology PhD. I talk about books, these days mostly on YouTube, I've written four books, plus film reviews and psychology columns for over a decade— Everything I've made is collected here.
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Zhichao Wei Reads Everything
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《了不起的盖茨比（孙宇晨版）》：为什么你最好别追到白月光
为什么你最好别追到白月光？因为追到的那一刻，神光就灭了。
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我们无法预知“黑天鹅”，却在努力喂养它丨《黑天鹅》揭示我们如何亲手把灾难放大
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“用脚投票”为什么比“用手投票”更有效？丨《美国联邦制》揭示：8万个地方政府的自由竞争，才是美国长期繁荣的真正根基
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《世界显现：一场意识之旅》丨从植物到人，意识一路升级，为什么终点是最不可靠的"我"？
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《别学加拿大》：一个国家如何同时把所有事情都搞砸了
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《离开大熔炉，坠入火海》：按族群分配资源，为何反而让社会更分裂？丨“多元文化主义”与美国的未来
Three strands
Books · Psychology · FilmBooks 170
The main thread now: books I've talked about and reviewed.
- The Great Gatsby (Justin Sun Edition) | Why You’d Better Not Get the One That Got Away 2026.08
- [SPOILERS] The Narrative Twist Behind the Narrative Twist Behind the Narrative Twist: An Exclusive Analysis of the Hidden Truth of Hotaru 2026.08
- We cannot predict the Black Swan, yet we keep feeding it丨What The Black Swan reveals about how we magnify disasters with our own hands 2026.08
- Why is voting with your feet more effective than voting with your hands? | American Federalism reveals: free competition among 80,000 local governments is the true foundation of America’s long-term prosperity 2026.08
- The World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness | From Plants to Humans, Consciousness Keeps Leveling Up—So Why Is the Finish Line the Least Reliable "I"? 2026.08
- Don't Be Canada: How One Country Did Everything Wrong All At Once 2026.08
Psychology 278
My field: cognition, emotion, behavior, and how they work in daily life.
- Why Is Hollywood So Left-Leaning? Primetime Propaganda Reveals the Hidden Truth Behind the Left's Grip on the Entertainment Industry 2026.07
- Why Has “Might Makes Right” Become So Popular in the West? How American Elites Sanctified Victimhood丨A Deep Dive into The Rise of Victimhood Culture 2026.06
- The Good Psychopath's Guide to Success | Three Secrets to Cure Your "Mental Drain"—Stolen from Psychopaths 2026.06
- Musk Is Pushing Suicidal Empathy: How Does "Unrestrained Kindness" Destroy the Four Pillars of Western Civilization? 2026.05
- The Blank Slate: A 10,000-Character Deep Dive | Feifan 28 2026.05
- The Israeli Mind: The Psychological Predicament of the Israelis: The Toughest Israelis Carry a Two-Thousand-Year-Old Frightened Soul Inside — An Endless National Psychological Civil War 2026.04
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I've been writing for over a decade. I also wrote a book on the psychology of film.
- Blossoms Shanghai X Young and Beautiful 2024.11
- “As tears disappear in rain”: Where exactly is Rutger Hauer’s improvised speech as the replicant Roy in Blade Runner so brilliant? 2024.11
- ChatGPT’s "Story Smelter"玩法 2024.11
- The Most Chilling Details in The Wandering Earth 2 2024.11
- Avatar 2: The Way of Water — A Wild, Darkly Fun Version 2024.11
- Why is Frank Underwood in House of Cards so compelling even though he does almost every evil thing imaginable? 2024.11
My Books
Writing around these books →Courses & Projects
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Zhichao Wei | Motivation Psychology intensive reading course
Bilibili Classroom · Psychology: General Knowledge and New Insights
An Introduction to Myers' Social Psychology
Listen to Books Together (formerly "Yixinli Book Club")
