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Internet
This title
is getting a lot of review buzz.
hbfenn.com
TMQ recommends the just-out book The Post-Truth Era by Ralph
Keyes, a fascinating and important dissection of how American
culture encourages making things up. In our fabricated docudrama-world,
what matters is not what you can establish as true but what you can
confuse people into thinking might be true -- Michael Moore on the left
and the Swift Boat guys on the right are the current exemplars of
"post-truth" politics. Keyes' excellent new book should be read in
conjunction with the 2003
The Cheating Culture by David Callahan, also well-written and
important.
Gregg Easterbrook, Tuesday Morning Quarterback on
NFL.Com
The Post-Truth Era cites a study that estimates
people consciously fib in 28%
of conversations with friends and family and 77% when engaging
strangers. ...
plastic.com
CYCLIC CYNCHRONICITY
To Read List, Updated.
"The Post-Truth Era: Dishonesty and Deception in
Contemporary Life," Ralph Keyes (Still on my list, however, I was able
to obtain a copy of the book, so now I do not have to forage through my
local library.)
thedp.blogspot.com/
Keyes's book addresses the underreported frequency
with which we all lie ... Specifically, it would seem that we lie
about things that happened in our past in order to make ourselves look
better.
Hmmmm. Interesting notion. Certainly seems
plausible. Of course, being a walking paragon of virtue, I don't do any
such thing. But now that I know what the rest of you are up to, I'll be
on my guard...
twoglasses.com/
THE POST-TRUTH ERA:
Writing for The New
Republic Online Gregg Easterbrook finds that “whether something is
believed has become more important than whether it's true.” As evidence,
Easterbrook introduces us to The Post-Truth Era, a new book by Ralph
Keyes. In an article (requires registration) that touches on the recent
presidential debates, LBJ, Jesse Ventura, Jacques Derrida, and Werner
Heisnberg, Easterbrook grapples with the new American appetite for lies.
—Kenneth Tanner, Touchstone
magazine
touchstonemag.com
Here's a great article from
The New
Republic that I found very interesting. So much so that I've decided
to pick up
this book.
.perfectsound.blogspot.com/
"The Era of the Lie"
Albert Mohler offers us a question: “Have we now reached a stage of
social evolution that is “beyond honesty?"” Dr. Mohler is reacting
to a new book by author Ralph Keyes The Post-Truth Era: Dishonesty
and Deception in Contemporary Life. Mr. Keyes posits that “Deception
has become commonplace at all levels of contemporary life.” And I
for one, from personal observation of our society would have to
agree. Dr. Mohler and Mr. Keyes both bring up valid reasons for why
this is occurring. One of which stands out for me as a teacher and a
parent. That is the lack of shame or guilt when lying.
E. Stephens, The Examined Life
http://www.estephens.org/index.php?cat=2
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