{"product_id":"i-think-therefore-i-am-michael-self-9781649901231","title":"I Think, Therefore I Am ... (probably wrong)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIT IS WHAT IT IS: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerica is imploding and we are neither figuratively nor literally smart enough to fix it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot in our lifetimes!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are not smart enough to keep our own lives in order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are incapable of fixing our race problem, our immigration problem, our sexual mores problem and the list goes on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are not smart enough to truly listen to each other, compromise with each other nor learn to sufficiently co-exist with each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether Democrat or Republican, we were not even smart enough to prevent the election of a Donald Trump to the Presidency of the United States. And we are certainly not smart enough to know why that election was not smart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIT IS WHAT IT IS BECAUSE: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are genetically incapable of being as smart as we 'need' to think we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are not even smart enough to 'get' that we might have a problem. For most of us the problem is with the 'other' person, who we are smart enough to know is really the 'stupid' one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerica itself was partially founded on a gene pool incapable of dealing with a reasoned, rational reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe have allowed Religion to impede our evolution towards intelligence. We believe in our own personal interpretation and application of the Golden Rule and the Ten Commandments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur Tribe mentality has thwarted our evolution towards a morality predicated on a belief in the 'Greater Good'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIT IS WHAT IT IS: ARE WE TOO SMART TO NOT BE SMART ENOUGH TO LISTEN? YOU THINK?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Self\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1649901232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781649901231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palmetto Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"Michael Self","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442477445375,"sku":"9781649901231","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f16d20f9-865b-4fef-8998-7a1fec2aad13.jpg?v=1777197678","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-think-therefore-i-am-michael-self-9781649901231","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}