Jacobs, Alan
How To Think: A Guide for the Perplexed
- ISBN 13:
- 9781781259573
- author:
- Jacobs, Alan
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Profile Books Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 160
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 0.9 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Philosophy, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Thinking is trouble. Most of us don't want to think, writes American essayist Alan Jacobs. Our habits of consuming information leave us lost in the echo chamber of social media, where speed and factionalism trump accuracy and nuance. Jacobs diagnoses the many forces that prevent thought - forces that have worsened in the age of Twitter, such as alternative facts and information overload. He also dispels myths about what it means to think well, drawing on a range of sources to offer hope that each of us can reclaim our mental lives from the whirlpool of public debate. If we can learn to think together, perhaps we can learn to live together. This book offers a fresh perspective on how to recover the lost art of thinking and rescue our inner lives from chaos.
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