{"product_id":"you-are-not-so-smart-by-david-mcraney-9781592407361","title":"You Are Not So Smart","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise, based on the popular blog of the same name.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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: \u003cem\u003eYou are not so smart.\u003c\/em\u003e You’re just as deluded as the rest of us—but that’s okay, because being deluded is part of being human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrowing out of David McRaney’s popular blog, \u003cem\u003eYou Are Not So Smart\u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBringing together popular science and psychology with humour and wit, \u003cem\u003eYou Are Not So Smart\u003c\/em\u003e is a celebration of our irrational, thoroughly human behaviour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47742089658604,"sku":"9781592407361","price":53.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781592407361-you-are-not-so-smart.jpg?v=1781436216","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/you-are-not-so-smart-by-david-mcraney-9781592407361","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}