Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain Ages 6 and up This comprehensive

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paying homage to his writing mentor James Alan McPherson

her influential immigrant family who’s achieved power by making its own non-negotiable rules:

Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain Ages 6 and up This comprehensiveFrom the New York Times best selling author and host of Hidden Brain comes a thought provoking look at the role of self deception in human flourishing. Self deception does terrible harm to us, to our communities, and to the planet. But if it is so bad for us, why is it ubiquitous? In Useful Delusions, Shankar Vedantam and Bill Mesler argue that, paradoxically, self deception can also play a vital role in our success and well being. The lies we tell