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The Science of Fear Lib/E: Why We Fear the Things We Should Not- And Put Ourselves in Great Danger

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From terror attacks to the War on Terror, bursting real estate bubbles to crystal meth epidemics, sexual predators to poisonous toys from China, our list of fears seems to be exploding. And yet, we are the safest and healthiest humans in history. Irrational fear is running amok, and often with tragic results. In the months after 9/11, when people decided to drive instead of fly--believing they wee avoiding risk--road deaths rose by 1,595. Those lives were lost to fear. The Science of Fear is a disarmingly cheerful roundtrip shuttle to the new brain science, dissecting the fears that misguide and manipulate us every day. As award-winning journalist Daniel Gardner demonstrates, irrational fear springs from how humans miscalculate risks. Our hunter-gatherer brains evolved during the old Stone Age and struggle to make sense of a world utterly unlike the one that made them. Numbers, for instance, confuse us. Our "gut" tells us that even if there aren't "fifty thousand predators...on the Internet prowling for children," as a recent U.S. Attorney General claimed, then there must be an awful lot. And even if our "head" discovers that the number is baseless and no one actually knows the truth--there could be one hundred thousand or five--we are still more fearful simply because we heard the big number. And it is not only politicians and the media that traffic in fearmongering. Corporations fatten their bottom lines with fear. Interest groups expand their influence with fear. Officials boost their budgets with fear. With more information, warnings and scary stories coming at us every day from every direction, we are more prone than ever to needlessly worry. Real-world examples, interviews with experts, and fast-paced, lean storytelling make The Science of Fear an entertaining and enlightening tour. Ultimately, by revealing the psychology behind the many ways our "gut" reactions lead us astray and allow others to manipulate us. The Science of Fear will make you brave.

About the Author :
Daniel Gardner is a columnist and senior writer for the Ottawa Citizen. He has received numerous awards for his writing, including Amnesty International's Media Award and the Michener Award. Gardner is the author of The Science of Fear: How the Culture of Fear Manipulates Your Brain and Future Babble and currently resides in Ottawa, Canada, with his wife and three children. Scott Peterson is an actor experienced in theater, modern dance, and voice-over. He is an enrolled member of the Heron Clan of the Cayuga Tribe of the Six Nations of the Iroquois.

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"[An] entertaining, often jolting account of why trivial risks terrify us, even as we engage in wildly dangerous activities with hardly a qualm...Using examples from everyday life and elucidating with ingenious psychological studies, the author explains why utterly irrational fears come naturally." -- "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)" "An expert guide to how and why we make bad decisions." -- "Dr. Daniel J. Levitin, New York Times bestselling author of This Is Your Brain on Music " "An invaluable resource for anyone who aspires to think clearly." -- "Guardian (London)" "Both matter-of-fact and entertaining...Gardner's vivid, direct style, backed up by clear examples and solid data from science and psychology, brings a breath of fresh air and common sense to an emotional topic." -- "Publishers Weekly" "Excellent...Analyzes everything from the media's predilection for irrational scare stories to the cynical use of fear by politicians pushing a particular agenda...Gardner never falls into the trap of becoming frustrated and embittered by the waste and needless worry that he is documenting. A personal anecdote about an unwise foray into a Nigerian slum in search of a stolen wallet disposes of the idea that the author is immune to the foibles he describes. What could easily have been a catalogue of misgovernance and stupidity instead becomes a cheery corrective to modern paranoia." -- "Economist" "Wonderfully provocative, an engagingly written study of the psychology of risk." -- "Tom Vanderbilt, New York Times bestselling author of Traffic "


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798200645671
  • Publisher: Ascent Audio
  • Publisher Imprint: Ascent Audio
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Why We Fear the Things We Should Not- And Put Ourselves in Great Danger
  • ISBN-10: 8200645673
  • Publisher Date: 20 Jul 2009
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Returnable: N


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