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The Bug in Our Thinking and the Way to Fix It

By: Hugh Willbourn
Narrated by: Hugh Willbourn
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Publisher's summary

What if a single cause lies beneath millions of misunderstandings and mistakes?

What if the foundation of modern technology introduced an invisible bias into our thinking?

What if you could understand why so many arguments go wrong and how to set them right?

In a world awash with illusion and misinformation, this is a profound and practical guide towards clarity. It has philosophy for non-philosophers, hypnosis for non-hypnotists, and stories for hungry hearts. From Arizona to Madagascar, we join an intriguing journey in search of understanding via psychotherapy, storytelling, and the British Library, uncovering on our way the vulnerabilities that lurk within our language.

Give this book to your friends on the other side of the debate. Any debate. Any side.

Hugh Willbourn is the best0selling author with Paul McKenna of I Can Mend Your Broken Heart. He is a therapist, negotiation consultant, and storyteller. He has a PhD in philosophy from City University, London. For 12 years, he was the co-owner of the highly regarded and innovative qualitative market research agency Corr Willbourn Research & Development.

©2023 Hugh Willbourn (P)2023 Hugh Willbourn

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"John Heron meets Roger Zelazny in this rollercoaster ride through some of the multi-layered intricacies of human consciousness and how we make sense of things. Written for grownups—such an immense relief to be spared the smug condescension to be commonly found in such writings. Willbourn is determined to meet us on his level, and if we’re not there already we find ourselves picked up by the scruff and ceremoniously brought along. Quite exhilarating. And very very funny in many parts. I don’t agree with everything he says, but I loved reading it anyway. This is a robust, challenging, absorbing, lively and illuminating read. And utterly human and personal. Almost impossible to put down." (Catherine Llewellyn, www.yesyounow.today)

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