Collective Illusions: Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions

Author: Todd Rose Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and social psychology research, an acclaimed author demonstrates how so much of our thinking is informed by false assumptions--making us dangerously mistrustful as a society and needlessly unhappy as individuals. The desire to fit in is one of the most powerful, least understood forces in society. Todd Rose believes that as human beings, we continually act against our own best interests because our brains misunderstand what others...Read more