Bullshit Comparisons

Bullshit Comparisons
Author :
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 216
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781804440872
ISBN-13 : 1804440876
Rating : 4/5 (876 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Bullshit Comparisons by : Andrew Brooks

Download or read book Bullshit Comparisons written by Andrew Brooks and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-06-06 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bullshit Comparisons will challenge the way you think about rankings, charts and other marketing and political tools designed to create odious and dangerous comparisons. Is Boris Johnson really like Winston Churchill? Are electric cars actually greener than petrol ones? Which is the world's most successful university? Is Lisbon the new Barcelona? Should we compare the achievements of younger and older siblings even when we know it damages their self-worth? We make comparisons every day, but how helpful are they? Looking across a dazzling range of situations both familiar and unfamiliar, Bullshit Comparisons is a ground-breaking examination of the role of comparison in modern society, illuminated by examples spanning from the FIFA World Footballer of the year, to wine-tasting in London, hospital care in Sierra Leone and avocado farming in Colombia. Challenging us to think critically about the use of comparison through accessible, personal, and often amusing research, Andrew Brooks reveals the uses and abuses of comparisons in a book that isn't like anything else you have read.


Bullshit Comparisons Related Books

On Bullshit
Language: en
Pages: 80
Authors: Harry G. Frankfurt
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-01-10 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

#1 New York Times bestseller Featured on The Daily Show and 60 Minutes The acclaimed book that illuminates our world and its politics by revealing why bullshit
Calling Bullshit
Language: en
Pages: 338
Authors: Carl T. Bergstrom
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-04-20 - Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Bullshit isn’t what it used to be. Now, two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a world of fake news and bad
Bullshit Comparisons
Language: en
Pages: 216
Authors: Andrew Brooks
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-06-06 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Bullshit Comparisons will challenge the way you think about rankings, charts and other marketing and political tools designed to create odious and dangerous com
Social Media Is Bullshit
Language: en
Pages: 239
Authors: B. J. Mendelson
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09-04 - Publisher: St. Martin's Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A provocative look at social media that dispels the hype and tells you all you need to know about using the Web to expand your business If you listen to the pun
Bullshit Jobs
Language: en
Pages: 368
Authors: David Graeber
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-05-07 - Publisher: Simon & Schuster

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From David Graeber, the bestselling author of The Dawn of Everything and Debt—“a master of opening up thought and stimulating debate” (Slate)—a powerful