Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullsh*t

by TomPhillips (Author)

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  Paperback
  2019

  $3.34

  'TOM PHILLIPS IS A VERY CLEVER, VERY FUNNY MAN' Greg Jenner

  This is a book about TRUTH - and all the ingenious ways, throughout history, that we've managed to avoid it.

  We 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.

  But was there ever really a 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 hilarious 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?

  PRAISE FOR HUMANS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOW WE F*CKED IT ALL UP:

  'This book is brilliant. Utterly, utterly brilliant' Jeremy Clarkson, author of The World According to Clarkson

  'F*cking brilliant' Sarah Knight, author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck

  'Very funny' Mark Watson, author of Eleven

  'In dark times, it's reassuring to learn that we've always been a bunch of clueless f*cking nitwits' Stuart Heritage, author of Don't Be a Dick, Pete

  'A light-touch history of moments when humans have got it spectacularly wrong... Both readable and entertaining' Telegraph