Loserthink : how untrained brains are ruining America
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[New York] : Portfolio/Penguin, [2019].
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Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult)
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Published
[New York] : Portfolio/Penguin, [2019].
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245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English

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If you've been on social media lately, or turned on your TV, you may have noticed a lot of dumb ideas floating around. If we're not careful, loserthink would have us believe that every Trump supporter is a bigoted racist, addicts should be responsible for fixing the opioid epidemic, and that your relationship fell apart simply because you chewed with your mouth open. Even the smartest people can slip into loserthink's seductive grasp. This book will teach you how to spot and avoid it, and will give you scripts to respond when hollow arguments are being brandished against you, whether by well-intentioned friends, strangers on the internet, or political pundits. You'll also learn how to spot the underlying causes of loserthink, like the inability to get ego out of your decisions, thinking with words instead of reasons, failing to imagine alternative explanations, and making too much of coincidences. Your bubble of reality doesn't have to be a prison. This book will show you how to break free.