Truth A Brief History of Total Bulls..., Tom Phillips
Truth A Brief History of Total Bulls..., Tom Phillips
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Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullsh*t

Author: Tom Phillips

Narrator: Tom Phillips

Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/05/2020


Synopsis

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.

About Tom Phillips

Tom Phillips is an author and journalist from London. He is currently the editor of Full Fact, the UK’s independent fact checking organisation; before that, he was editorial director at BuzzFeed UK. His previous book, Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up (a history of failure through the ages), was published in 2018 and has sold in 30 territories worldwide.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David on April 02, 2020

A book called Truth would likely tackle issues like fake news, malicious rumor and egregious error. But that’s not what Tom Phillips’ Truth is about. His book is a collection of anecdotes that don’t add to a potential theory. They are mixed stories that can very loosely be placed in buckets/chapters......more

Goodreads review by Jim on June 29, 2020

People have always lied for a variety of reasons & they still do. Hardly a shocking revelation, but who has lied, how they propagated, & what lies are still around is both infuriating & intriguing. There's very little new about them & that makes this short book well worth reading. The author also ha......more

Goodreads review by Ewa (humanizmowo) on May 28, 2022

Słabsza niż poprzednia książka tego autora, ale nie jest zła.......more

Goodreads review by Kuba ✌ on September 02, 2022

3.5 ⭐️ bardzo lubie styl pisania autora. ksiazka sama w sobie byla ciekawa, ze wzgledu na poruszany temat. jednak w niektorych momentach mnie znudzila. dobra, ale uwazam, ze poprzednia byla lepsza. ps. benio ty kuglarzu......more

Goodreads review by Yulenka on June 16, 2020

I really enjoyed this book - just as much as the last one! I love Tom Phillips writing style, and despite looking at the less upstanding parts of human history, he manages to make you smile with a witty crack here or a subtle jab there. I found this book particularly poignant for these times when th......more