{"product_id":"9781472263209-truth","title":"Truth","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Brief History of Total Bullsh*t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTRUTH: A hilarious journey through the most bizarre and brilliant lies told by humans through the ages, from the author of HUMANS: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'TOM PHILLIPS IS A VERY CLEVER, VERY FUNNY MAN' Greg Jenner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a book about TRUTH - and all the ingenious ways, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethroughout history, that we've managed to avoid it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe live in a 'post-truth' age, we're told. The US has a president who openly lies on a daily basis (or who doesn't even know what's true, and doesn't care). The internet has turned our everyday lives into a misinformation battleground. People don't trust experts any more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut was there ever \u003ci\u003ereally \u003c\/i\u003ea golden age of truth-telling? As the editor of the UK's leading independent fact-checker, Tom Phillips deals with complete bollocks every day. Here, he tells the story of how we humans have spent history lying to each other - and ourselves - and asks an important question: how can humanity move towards a truthier future?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eHUMANS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOW WE F*CKED IT ALL UP:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'F*cking brilliant' \u003cb\u003eSarah Knight, \u003ci\u003eThe Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Very funny' \u003cb\u003eMark Watson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'In dark times, it's reassuring to learn that we've always been a bunch of clueless f*cking nitwits' \u003cb\u003eStuart Heritage, \u003ci\u003eDon't Be a Dick, Pete\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A light-touch history of moments when humans have got it spectacularly wrong. Both readable and entertaining' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32651955470433,"sku":"9781472263209","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_8157648_jpg.jpg?v=1706524921","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472263209-truth","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}