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The Psychology of Stupidity

Explained by Some of the World's Smartest People

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The Psychology of Stupidity

By: Jean-Francois Marmion, Jean-Francois Marmion - editor
Narrated by: Allyson Ryan, Hillary Huber, Mark Deakins
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The Number One international bestseller featuring contributions from Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, Ryan Holiday, Alison Gopnik, Howard Gardner, Antonio Damasio, and Aaron James.

‘We need books like this one’
Steven Pinker

Stupidity is all around us, from the colleagues who won’t stop hitting ‘reply all’ to the former school friends posting conspiracy theories on Facebook. But in order to battle idiocy, we must first understand it. In The Psychology of Stupidity, some of the world’s leading psychologists and thinkers – including a Nobel Prize winner – will show you . . .

· Why smart people sometimes believe in utter nonsense
· How our lazy brains cause us to make the wrong decisions
· Why trying to debate with fools is a trap
· How media manipulation and Internet overstimulation makes us dumber
· Why the stupidest people don’t think they’re stupid

As long as there have been humans there has been human stupidity, but with wit and wisdom these great thinkers can help us understand this persistent human affliction.

 Philosophy Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Social Psychology & Interactions

Critic Reviews

We need books like this one (Steven Pinker)
I was totally hooked. Everybody loves it
A very clever book
Can you study stupidity? The answer is a resounding YES
Entertaining and instructive
Clear and accessible to everyone
A comprehensive and witty inquiry into human folly in its myriad forms . . . [with a] wealth of insights . . . Urgent and transformative, this compendium will leave readers equally amused, appalled, and enlightened
Are people getting dumber, or does it just look that way? . . . A smart collection
Remarkably comprehensive and accessible . . . The book has an easygoing, colloquial feel to it . . . An illuminating look at a subject that is more complex than it might appear to be
Fascinating . . . From morons to idiots to *ssholes, they’re all here (News24, South Africa)
A blunt and sometimes hilarious examination of human error (Business Day, South Africa)
All stars
Most relevant
compilation of discussions with people, no real 'how we can deal with this' or fix it

good history of stupidity, and how it's always been around

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