Titles in this set:-
Foolproof: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity...
Publisher : Fourth Estate
Language : English
Hardcover : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 0008466718
ISBN-13 : 9780008466718
Footprints
Publisher : Fourth Estate
Language : English
Hardcover : 320 pages
ISBN-10 : 0008286345
ISBN-13 : 9780008286347
Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for The Future...
Publisher : Atria Books; Export
Language : English
Hardcover : 560 pages
ISBN-10 : 1668038153
ISBN-13 : 9781668038154
Description :-
Foolproof: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity...
One of the world’s top experts on fighting misinformation reveals the psychology behind its power – and how we can protect ourselves.From fake news to conspiracy theories, from pandemics to politics, misinformation may be the defining problem of our era. Like a virus, misinformation infects our minds – altering our beliefs and replicating at astonishing rates. Once the virus takes hold, our primary strategies of fact-checking and debunking are an insufficient cure.In Foolproof Sander van der Linden describes how to inoculate yourself and others against the spread of misinformation, discern fact from fiction and push back against methods of mass persuasion....
Footprints
In Footprints, David Farrier explores what traces we will leave for the very deep future. From long-lived materials like plastic and nuclear waste, to the 50 million kilometres of roads spanning the planet, in modern times we have created numerous objects and landscapes with the potential to endure through deep time. Our carbon could linger in the atmosphere for 100,000 years, and the remains of our cities will still exist millions of years from now as a layer in the rock. These future fossils have the potential to tell remarkable stories about how we lived in the twenty-first century. ...
Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for The Future...
Professor of psychology and “reigning expert on generational change” (Lisa Wade, PhD, author of American Hookup), Jean Twenge does a deep dive into a treasure trove of long-running, government-funded surveys and databases to answer these questions. Are we truly defined by major historical events, such as the Great Depression for the Silents and September 11 for Millennials? Or, as Twenge argues, is it the rapid evolution of technology that differentiates the generations?With her clear-eyed and insightful voice, Twenge explores what the Silents and Boomers want out of the rest of their lives; how Gen X-ers are facing middle age; the ideals of Millennials as parents and in the workplace; and how Gen Z has been changed by COVID, among other fascinating topics....