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USEFUL DELUSIONS

Shankar Vedantam Bill Mesler

The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain

From the New York Times best-selling author and host of Hidden Brain comes a counterintuitive, thought-provoking exploration of deception's role in human success.

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 also play a vital role in human success and well-being.

The lies we tell each other and the lies that we tell ourselves sustain our daily interactions with friends, lovers, and coworkers. They explain why some people live longer than others, why some couples remain in love and others don't, why some nations and tribes hold together while others splinter.

Filled with powerful personal stories and drawing on new insights in psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy, Useful Delusions offers a fascinating tour of an upside-down world.

Shankar Vedantam is host of the Hidden Brain podcast and public radio show and the author of The Hidden Brain, a New York Times national bestseller. Bill Mesler is the coauthor of A Brief History of Creation.

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[PB Riva Verlag 03/2022]
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Published 2021-03-01 by W.W. Norton & Co

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“According to this ingenious and unsettling account, deception is essential to our well-being A passionate, often counterintuitive, disturbingly convincing addition to the why-people-believe-stupid-things genre.”

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“This excellent narrative nonfiction work will engage a variety of readers, and is a solid choice for book clubs who like to discuss current events.” (starred review)