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You are Not So Smart : Why Your Memory is Mostly Fiction, Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself

by David McRaney
$11.47
You are Not So Smart : Why Your Memory is Mostly Fiction, Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself - Thryft
You are Not So Smart : Why Your Memory is Mostly Fiction, Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself - Thryft

Unraveling the Illusions we Believe in

This book would be a great read for someone who is interested in psychology and the workings of the human mind. McRaney takes a humorous approach to examining the ways we delude ourselves, and each chapter covers a different topic, such as memory and productivity. Readers will come away with a better understanding of their own thought processes and likely be more self-aware. The book is well-researched and offers an engaging mix of anecdotes, studies, and expert opinions.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

You are Not So Smart : Why Your Memory is Mostly Fiction, Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself

by David McRaney
$11.47
ISBN: 9781851689392
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $14.27
Authors: David McRaney
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Date of Publication: 2012-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Philosophy, Sociology, Business, Personal Development, Science
Related Topics: Personal Development, Self Help, Business, Psychology, Personal Development, Psychology
Goodreads rating: 3.86
(rated by 34872 readers)

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An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise. Whether you’re deciding which smart phone to purchase or which politician to believe, you think you are a rational being whose every decision is based on cool, detached logic, but here’s the truth: You are not so smart. You’re just as deluded as the rest of us--but that’s okay, because being deluded is part of being human. Growing out of David McRaney’s popular blog, You Are Not So Smart reveals that every decision we make, every thought we contemplate, and every emotion we feel comes with a story we tell ourselves to explain them, but often these stories aren’t true. Each short chapter--covering topics such as Learned Helplessness, Selling Out, and the Illusion of Transparency--is like a psychology course with all the boring parts taken out.Bringing together popular science and psychology with humor and wit, You Are Not So Smart is a celebration of our irrational, thoroughly human behavior.
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