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Collective illusions : conformity, complicity, and the science of why we make bad decisions
Title:
Collective illusions : conformity, complicity, and the science of why we make bad decisions
Author:
Rose, Todd, 1974- author.
ISBN:
9780306925689
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
xxvii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction : the secret of Elm Hollow -- The conformity types -- Our social dilemma -- Reclaiming our power.
Abstract:
A social scientist draws on cutting-edge neuroscience to reveal how much of the ways we think of others are based on false assumptions that drive bad decisions and make us unhappy as individuals.