{"product_id":"the-weight-of-being-right-simon-darling-9781764167239","title":"The weight of being right","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Weight of Being Right\u003c\/b\u003e is an observational examination of certainty, conflict, and consequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than arguing positions or offering solutions, the book documents what occurs when clarity meets human tolerance. It examines how correctness interacts with nervous system threat responses, emotional regulation, power, and responsibility, and why being right so often escalates conflict instead of resolving it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on psychology and behavioural patterns, the work explores how evidence fails when disagreement is not about evidence, how emotion replaces logic under threat, and how avoidance persists after knowing. It traces what happens once truth is recognised but action becomes costly: delay, deflection, justification, and the quiet redistribution of consequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about truth as an ideal. It is about what truth disrupts once it appears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe writing avoids instruction, reassurance, and moral framing. It does not seek to persuade, assign fault, or provide relief. Instead, it isolates recurring mechanisms that emerge after clarity, confirmation bias, defensive regulation, social destabilisation, and irreversibility, leaving their implications intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the work progresses, being right is no longer treated as resolution, but as exposure. Clarity narrows options, removes shelter, and introduces responsibility that cannot be outsourced. The weight described is not emotional in tone, but behavioural in effect, accumulating through silence, misalignment, and deferred action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Weight of Being Right\u003c\/b\u003e concludes without answers, ending instead with a single question that leaves the responsibility where it belongs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Darling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1764167236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781764167239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Untold Imprint\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.10d","brand":"Simon Darling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447305482495,"sku":"9781764167239","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_77a20cd2-af92-4118-9eae-6ae6886734c4.jpg?v=1777230227","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-weight-of-being-right-simon-darling-9781764167239","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}