Political Animals
How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics

Fico entre 3 e 4 estrelas para este, acabei arredondando para cima. É um bom livro, com ótimas noções de como vieses cognitivos são explorados ou pelo menos aparecem na política. Serve como um bom compilado. Mas nos pontos onde fala sobre de onde vêm esse ou aquele viés, o livro é extremamente final......more

As someone who has recently become interested in being a civically engaged citizen, this book proves an excellent primer.......more

There's nothing earth shattering in this account of how our rational brain tends to break down in the irrational world of politics, but with election season upon us, it's a helpful reminder of four proven truths: (1) People are surprisingly incurious and apathetic about politics, (2) We have a hard......more

First section very interesting. dropped off a bit by the end......more

Our brains are marvels of evolution, the result of hundreds of thousands of years of our specie’s struggle for survival. However, as Rick Shenkman so ably demonstrates in his Political Animals: How our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics, they can also mislead and even deceive us in o......more