Name: Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullsh*T
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Author: Tom Phillips
ISBN: 9781335983763

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Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullsh*T

Type

Physical Book

Author

Tom Phillips

Publisher

Hanover Square Press

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

320

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.6 x 15.0 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.29 kg.

ISBN13

9781335983763

Synopsis "Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullsh*T "

This is a book about TRUTH--and all the ways we try to avoid it--from the bestselling author of Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up. We live in a "post-truth" world, we're told. But was there ever really a golden age of truth-telling? Or have people been lying, fibbing and just plain bullsh*tting since the beginning of time? Tom Phillips, editor of a leading independent fact-checking organization, deals with this question every day. In Truth, he tells the story of how we humans have spent history lying to each other--and ourselves--about everything from business to politics to plain old geography. Along the way, he chronicles the world's oldest customer service complaint, the Great Moon Hoax of 1835 and the surprisingly dishonest career of Benjamin Franklin. Sharp, witty and with a clear-eyed view of humanity's checkered past, Truth reveals why people lie--and how we can cut through the bullsh*t.

Tom Phillips

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He is a journalist and editor at Full Fact, the leading fact-checking company in the UK. Previously, he was the editorial director at BuzzFeed UK, where he perfectly balanced his time between reporting on very important issues… and making jokes. He studied History and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge.

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