We need books like this oneI was totally hooked. Everybody loves itA very clever bookCan you study stupidity? The answer is a resounding YESEntertaining and instructiveClear and accessible to everyoneA 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 enlightenedAre people getting dumber, or does it just look that way? . . . A smart collectionRemarkably 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 beFascinating . . . From morons to idiots to *ssholes, they’re all hereA blunt and sometimes hilarious examination of human errorSome of the world's smartest people explain stupidity, among them: Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, Alison Gopnik, Howard Gardner, Antonio Damasio, Aaron James and Ryan Holiday.
The Number One international bestseller featuring contributions from Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, Ryan Holiday, Alison Gopnik, Howard Gardner, Antonio Damasio, and Aaron James.
‘We need books like this one’
Steven Pinker
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.
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.
