Basic information to understand bullshit so we can detect it and find defenses against it
František Koukolík's new book Bulshit is intended for a wider circle of readers and deals with an inconspicuous part of our culture, chatter. Gossip is as old as humanity itself, but its current reach is global and incomparably greater thanks to the internet and social networks. Chatter is now so widespread that it has become a common social activity. Talking is not lying, it's harder to recognize. It's a cancer on our communication and people who try to influence us at any cost in the name of power have mastered the technique of blathering perfectly. With the help of the bullshit, a mutilated form of the tongue, they cut the branch on which we sit.
They try to persuade us with speeches, impress us with advertising, propaganda, and pseudo-science, without much concern for reality. He exaggerates, he jokes, he likes to decorate himself with quotes. It is pretentious, offering bigotry, superstition and emptiness. Blabbermouths are strongest once the topic they are talking about is broader and deeper than their knowledge of the subject. Blabbermouths tend to be narcissistic and psychopathic, dishonest, like to brag and take no responsibility for their messages.
The book offers basic information to understand bullshit so that we can detect it and find defenses against it. The book was read by Jan Vondráček and the foreword was narrated by František Koukolík.
