<DIV><b>An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise, based on the popular blog of the same name.</b> <br><br> Whether you’re deciding which smartphone to purchase or which politician to believe, you think you are a rational being whose every decision is based on cool, detached logic. But here’s the truth: You are not so smart. You’re just as deluded as the rest of us—but that’s okay, because being deluded is part of being human.<br><br> Growing out of David McRaney’s popular blog, <i>You Are Not So Smart</i> reveals that every decision we make, every thought we contemplate, and every emotion we feel comes with a story we tell ourselves to explain them. But often these stories aren’t true. Each short chapter—covering topics such as Learned Helplessness, Selling Out, and the Illusion of Transparency—is like a psychology course with all the boring parts taken out.<br><br> Bringing together popular science and psychology with humor and wit, <i>You Are Not So Smart</i> is a celebration of our irrational, thoroughly human behavior.</div>