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Idiot Proof: Deluded Celebrities, Irrational Power Brokers, Media Morons, and the Erosion of Common Sense
Idiot Proof Deluded Celebrities Irrational Power Brokers Media Morons and the Erosion of Common Sense
Author: Francis Wheen
A savagely witty account of the last quarter century, when despite a great leap forward in technology there has been a huge, regressive collapse in our ability to think straight--so that everything has begun to stop making sense. In 1979 two events occurred that would shape the next twenty-five years. In America and Britain, an era of weary con...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781586482473
ISBN-10: 1586482475
Publication Date: 6/2004
Pages: 327
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Publisher: PublicAffairs
Book Type: Hardcover
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Previously published as "How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions" in England. It is the same book, no added/updated content.
An entertaining, amusing and frightening read for rationalists. Skewers the left, right and "center". Hyper-partisans,new-agers, Noam Chomsky and Glenn Beck admirers should stay far away from this book.
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