The Psychology of Stupidity

Autor: Jean-François Marmion
Wydawnictwo: Pan Macmillan
Indeks:
9781529053869

50,70 zł

The Number One International bestseller 'We need books like this one' - psychologist Steven Pinker At last, stupidity explained! And by some of the world`s smartest people, among them Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, Alison Gopnik, Howard Gardner, Antonio Damasio, Aaron James and Ryan Holiday. 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