Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain by Shankar Vedantam

Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain

Shankar Vedantam with Bill Mesler

264 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction psychology informative reflective medium-paced
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Everyone agrees that lies and self-deception can do terrible harm to our lives, to our communities, and to the planet. But in Useful Delusions, host of Hidden Brain Shankar Vedantam argues that, paradoxically, deceiving ourselves and others can al...

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