An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise, ba sed on the popular blog of the same name. Whether you’re deciding which smartphone to purchase o r which politician to believe, you think you are a rational being whose every decision is ba sed on cool, detached logic. But here’s the truth: You are not so smart. You’re just as deluded as the rest of us—but that’s okay, because being deluded is part of being human. Growing out of David McRaney’s popular blog, You Are Not So Smart reveals that every decision we make, every thought we contemplate, a nd every emotion we feel comes with a sto r y we tell ourselves to explain them. But often these sto r ies aren’t true. Each sho r t chapter—covering topics such as Learned Helplessness, Selling Out, a nd the Illusion of Transparency—is like a psychology course with all the bo r ing parts taken out. Bringing together popular science a nd psychology with humo r a nd wit, You Are Not So Smart is a celebration of our irrational, tho r oughly human behavio r .