Big lies : from Socrates to social media
(2022)
By:
Kurlansky, Mark
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
TEEN/177.3/KURLANSKY,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Thomaston, Maine : Tilbury House Publishers, [2022]
©2022
©2022
DESCRIPTION
309 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780884489122, 0884489124 :, 0884489124, 9780884489122
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Big lies are told by governments, politicians, and corporations to avoid responsibility, cast blame on the innocent, win elections, disguise intent, create chaos, and gain power and wealth. Big lies are as old as civilization; they corrupt public understanding and discourse, turn science upside down, and reinvent history. The future stewards of our world require a how-to manual for seeing through big lies and thinking critically, because big lies require believers, and democracy depends on independent thought