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A Short History Of Stupid - The Decline Of Reason And Why Public Debate Makes Us Want To Scream

by Bernard Keane, Helen Razer
A Short History Of Stupid - The Decline Of Reason And Why Public Debate Makes Us Want To Scream - Thryft
A Short History Of Stupid - The Decline Of Reason And Why Public Debate Makes Us Want To Scream - Thryft

Unmasking the history and spread of stupidity.

"A Short History of Stupid" is a must-read for anyone interested in the deteriorating quality of public debate and the spread of idiocy. The authors hilariously and intelligently trace the origins of this maddening ill over the last 3,000 years, examining the different ways in which we've been afflicted. This book will provoke you, soothe you, and outrage you all at once. It's time to understand the history of Stupid so we can defeat it.

  • Russell Prize Nominee for Humor Writing (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

A Short History Of Stupid - The Decline Of Reason And Why Public Debate Makes Us Want To Scream

by Bernard Keane, Helen Razer
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ISBN: 9781760110543
Authors: Bernard Keane, Helen Razer
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Date of Publication: 2014-12-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Politics, Philosophy, History
Related Topics: Society, History, History, Politics
Goodreads rating: 3.4
(rated by 214 readers)

Description

Alain de Botton meets Russell Brand in this glorious rant about everything that drives you mad about the modern world.How did everything get so dumb?How did we become hostages to idiocy?What must we do to be freed from a captor whose ransom note simply reads, 'D'oh'?The deteriorating quality of our public debate and the dwindling of common sense in media, politics and culture can drive you to despair and rage. It certainly drove writers Helen Razer and Bernard Keane to a desperate act: befriending each other for long enough to write a book.Join forces with these uneasy allies to fight against a world that has lost its reason. Explore what's behind the remorseless spread of idiocy, and why there's just so much damn Stupid around you.Stupid isn't just ignorance; it's not just laziness. Worse than the absence of thought, Stupid is a virus that drains our productivity and leaves us sick and diminished. And Stupid has a long, complex and terrible past, one we need to understand in order to defeat it.A Short History of Stupid traces the origins of this maddening ill, examining the different ways in which we've been afflicted over the last three thousand years. It damns those who have spread Stupid and celebrates the brave few who resisted. It shows how Stupid tightens the grubby grip of the foolish around our throats.Hilarious, smart, unpleasant, infuriating and rude, A Short History of Stupid is at once a provocation and a comfort. It will spark debate, soothe the terminally frustrated and outrage the righteously Stupid. It is a book whose Stupid time has come.
 

Unmasking the history and spread of stupidity.

"A Short History of Stupid" is a must-read for anyone interested in the deteriorating quality of public debate and the spread of idiocy. The authors hilariously and intelligently trace the origins of this maddening ill over the last 3,000 years, examining the different ways in which we've been afflicted. This book will provoke you, soothe you, and outrage you all at once. It's time to understand the history of Stupid so we can defeat it.

  • Russell Prize Nominee for Humor Writing (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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