The Psychology of Stupidity
Explained by Some of the World's Smartest People
$23.66
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
12 April 2022
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529053869 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529053862 |
| Author: | Jean-Francois Marmion |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 12 April 2022 |
| Weight: | 267g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 130mm x 197mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
We need books like this one
We need books like this one – Steven Pinker, psychologist and bestselling author of Rationality
I was totally hooked. Everybody loves it. * La Grande Librairie *
A very clever book. * Le Canard Enchaîné *
Can you study stupidity? The answer is a resounding YES. * Le Quotidien *
Entertaining and instructive. * France Inter *
Clear and accessible to everyone * Lire *
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. * Publishers Weekly *
Are people getting dumber, or does it just look that way? … A smart collection. * Kirkus Reviews *
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. * Booklist *
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 *
Jean-Francois Marmion
Jean-François Marmion (editor) is a psychologist, an associate editor of the French journal Sciences Humaines [Social Sciences], and a former editor-in-chief of the French magazine Le Cercle Psy [Psychological Circle]. He lives in France, where The Psychology of Stupidity was a number one bestseller.
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