May Contain Lies
- Author Alex Edmans
- Narrator Alex Edmans
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Run Time 8 hours and 34 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Cognition and cognitive psychology, Cultural and media studies, Popular psychology, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Social research and statistics, Society and Social Sciences.
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What to expect
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A ground-breaking book that reveals why our human biases effect the way we receive and interpret information
Our lives are minefields of misinformation. Stories, statistics and studies lie to us on a daily basis. Not only this but, as Professor Alex Edmans reveals, our brains lie to us too. He argues that we need to acknowledge and understand the role that our own human biases play in interpreting and digesting the information that we consume. It's only when we do, that we can actively resist being manipulated, and make informed decisions that improve our lives.
©2024 Alex Edmans (P)2024 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
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A powerful and punchy explanation of why misinformation is a problem that affects us all – be that in finance, politics, media, business or anywhere else. Edmans offers clear ideas about how to counter this, not just in our own lives but also across society as a whole. Timely and very provocative!
Editor-at-Large, Financial Times -
A masterpiece! A must-read book that is both a delight to consume and sure to improve the quality of your thinking’
Professor, The Wharton School, author of How to Change -
Mass disinformation and poor understanding of basic statistics are the hallmarks of our ‘information age’. Alex Edmans’ book is the much-needed antidote
Author of How the World Really Works and Numbers Don't Lie -
Brilliantly researched and written [and] immensely practical in helping guide us through this thicket of (mis)information … I am already drawing on its insights in my everyday decision-making
former Chief Economist at the Bank of England -
A passionate and dispassionate call to truth – and how to achieve it – in a world of growing disinformation in which truth and common ground are the casualties
President of the Academy of Social Sciences, author of The State We're In -
A fascinating account of how to navigate through lies and misleading statistics to arrive at a reasonable approximation of the truth. A valuable aid to make sense of our confusing world
Professor at the University of Chicago, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and former governor of the Reserve Bank of India and Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund
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