{"product_id":"you-are-not-so-smart-david-mcraney-9781592407361","title":"You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, an D 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yours","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise, based on the popular blog of the same name.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether 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 just as deluded as the rest of us--but that's okay, because being deluded is part of being human. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing out of David McRaney's popular blog, \u003ci\u003eYou Are Not So Smart\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing together popular science and psychology with humor and wit, \u003ci\u003eYou Are Not So Smart\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of our irrational, thoroughly human behavior.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David McRaney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1592407366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781592407361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Avery Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.90w x 1.00d","brand":"David McRaney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055531716863,"sku":"9781592407361","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc5ed8e6-6b22-4b8f-94f7-eabaa8733744.jpg?v=1685036319","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/you-are-not-so-smart-david-mcraney-9781592407361","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}