Useful Delusions by Shankar Vedantam
From The New York Times best-selling author and host of Hidden Brain comes a counterintuitive, thought-provoking exploration of deceptions role in human success.
"A lively and digestible book.. Perhaps the book’s most important point advises how to combat destructive delusions." -- The Wall Street Journal
"In this scientifically informed, provocative and stylish study of self-deception, written with journalist Bill Mesler, [Shankar Vedantam] explores the risks and benefits of the lies we tell ourselves to preserve self-worth, relationships and social structures." -- Andrew Robinson, Five of the Week's Best Science Picks - Nature
"Powerful… [Vedantam] explains the phenomenon of deceit in general, and self-deception in particular, with the same plain language and gentle authority that his listeners have come to rely on." -- Katie Hafner - The Washington Post
"Vedantam and Mesler pepper hard data with compelling stories to make their case. Vedantam’s empathy and intuitive understanding of human nature, which shine on his popular “Hidden Brain” podcast, come through in ‘Useful Delusions’." -- The New York Times Book Review
"In this scientifically informed, provocative and stylish study of self-deception, written with journalist Bill Mesler, [Shankar Vedantam] explores the risks and benefits of the lies we tell ourselves to preserve self-worth, relationships and social structures." -- Andrew Robinson, Five of the Week's Best Science Picks - Nature
"Powerful… [Vedantam] explains the phenomenon of deceit in general, and self-deception in particular, with the same plain language and gentle authority that his listeners have come to rely on." -- Katie Hafner - The Washington Post
"Vedantam and Mesler pepper hard data with compelling stories to make their case. Vedantam’s empathy and intuitive understanding of human nature, which shine on his popular “Hidden Brain” podcast, come through in ‘Useful Delusions’." -- The New York Times Book Review
Shankar Vedantam is host of the Hidden Brain podcast and public radio show and the author of The Hidden Brain, a New York Times national bestseller. He lives in Washington, DC. Bill Mesler is the coauthor of A Brief History of Creation. He lives in Washington, DC.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393652208 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393652203 |
| Title | Useful Delusions |
| Author | Shankar Vedantam |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2021-04-02 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
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