The Playbook

Name: The Playbook
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780141982342
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How to Deny Science, Sell Lies, and Make a Killing in the Corporate World

By Jennifer Jacquet

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The Playbook by Jennifer Jacquet delves into the intriguing world of cheating and manipulation strategies in nature and human behaviour. The book explores how various species, including humans, employ clever tactics and deceptive practices to gain an advantage in survival, mating, and competition. Jacquet presents both scientific insights and real-world examples, offering an engaging look into the intersection of biology and ethics.
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If you're intrigued by the intricacies of strategic thinking and wish to explore how it impacts decision-making in both nature and human society, this book is likely to capture your interest. It dives into the dynamics of competition and cooperation, offering insights that blend scientific analysis with real-world applications.

The Playbook

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A biting satire of corporate power and disinformation—how it works, how it harms us, and what we can do about it.

Knowledge is power. Which is why the rich and powerful don't want you to have it.

The Playbook is an exposé of the extraordinary lengths that corporations will go to in order to deny scientific facts—whether on climate change, public health risks, worker safety, or anything else—when they don't suit their agenda.

Written in the form of a corporate handbook for tobacco, oil, and pharmaceutical company executives, it outlines obfuscation techniques, denial, delays, and outright lies. This includes how to recruit an academic 'expert' who is willing to compromise their integrity (or who wants to raise some cash), how to massage the statistics, how to use legal and even physical intimidation against reporters and activists, and how, just as in a casino, to keep the customers comfortable, unquestioning, unthinking, and playing along for as long as possible.

Part satire, part social history, part guide to resistance, The Playbook is a charge sheet against the powerful. It shows us how, by understanding the methods and motives of disinformation, it may be possible to outwit them.

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The Playbook by Jennifer Jacquet is praised for its cleverly satirical style, exposing the manipulative tactics used by corporations to maintain power. Reviewers note its effectiveness as both an entertaining and disturbing guide that reveals how companies deny and obfuscate scientific truths. The book's witty and ironic tone challenges readers to recognise and refute corporate deception, making it a unique and impactful critique of corporate ethics.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141982342

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 June 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 180g

Pages: 240

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Education & Reference Engineering, Technology & Agriculture History & Military Jennifer Jacquet Non-Fiction Penguin Books Politics & Current Affairs Science & Nature

About the Author

Jennifer Jacquet is an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and director of XE- Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement at New York University, as well as the author of the acclaimed Is Shame Necessary?