sought-after ! you Are Not So Smart A book exploring cognitive biases and self-delusion

An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise, based on the trending 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 merely 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 beloved 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.

Book Title
You Are Not So Smart : Why You Have Too countless Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, an d 46 Other Way