WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY WE ACT THE WAY WE DO, choose the things we choose, or think the thoughts we think. David McRaney, author of You Are Not So Smart, is back with even more discoveries about self- delusion and irrational thinking and about how we succumb to them both every day.
In You Are Now Less Dumb, McRaney returns with a more in-depth analysis of our psychological foibles, unraveling topics such as the Misattribution of Arousal, the Halo Effect, the Sunk Cost Fallacy, and more. He exposes the truth behind why money really can't buy happiness-at least after a certain point-why Benjamin Franklin was such a badass, and tips on how to avoid being tricked by the stories we tell our- selves. With elements of popular science and wit, David McRaney is here to prove yet again that we don't have it all figured out.