You Are Not So Smart Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You’re Deluding Yourself
You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney is a reprint edition published by Penguin Publishing Group on November 6, 2012. This 320-page book presents an entertaining exploration of the misconceptions that lead us to believe we are more rational than we actually are. Drawing from McRaney’s popular blog, the book delves into the ways our decisions and emotions are often guided by flawed narratives we construct about ourselves.
Readers will find a series of short chapters that address various psychological concepts, such as Learned Helplessness and the Illusion of Transparency, all delivered with humor and insight. This work combines elements of self-help and psychology, making it accessible while also engaging with deeper themes of personal transformation and human behavior. Through its witty approach, You Are Not So Smart invites readers to reflect on their own thought processes and the inherent delusions that accompany them.
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An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise, based on the popular blog of the same name.
Whether you’re deciding which smartphone 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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