Name: The media, lies and too-fast brains
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The media, lies and too-fast brains

The media, lies and too-fast brains is a guide to the post-truth world

- How are we being manipulated and not knowing it?
- What are hoaxes?
- Does the media show the world as it really is?
- Why do politicians lie to us?
- What is media literacy?
- Why is critical thinking needed?
- And how does the brain play with us?
These are just some of the current questions that you will find answers to in this book. Its author is the co-founder of the manipulatori.cz website, which seeks to promote independent and critical thinking and expose media lies. In the first part of the book you will discover the laws of our behaviour and decision-making. You will discover why our desires so often shape the future, understand how our own irrationality affects us, why we succumb to group stupidity and how easily we make thinking mistakes. The second part of the book deals with the hot present. It focuses on commonly used argumentative fouls and on exposing manipulative and propagandistic practices in politics and the media. You will learn about the behind the scenes of the media industry and news production as well as the techniques of how the media can manipulate us. Last but not least, you will understand how to detect fake news, know truth from lies and not succumb to conspiracy thinking.

They wrote about the book Media, Lies and Too Fast Brain

Hoaxes, fake news - many people are trying to interpret these current phenomena, but I don't think anyone has succeeded as successfully as Petr Nutil. He was able to combine theory with concrete stories of the creation and spread of fake news.

Leoš Kyša, publicist and vice-chairman of the Czech Sisyphus Skeptics Club

In today's world there is a growing lack of critical thinking. And the people who think they know how to use it usually need it the most. This book will help you understand why this is so and what to do about it.

Petr Ludwig, author of the book "The End of Procrastination" and popularizer of critical thinking

If, even after reading this book, you click on any clickbait or fake news, you will do so intentionally. Not because you just got caught.

Jan Kužník, editor-in-chief of Technet.cz

Before you start spraying your house and the surrounding area with vinegar, to defend against chemtrails, read this beneficial, a comprehensive book on propaganda, hoaxech, argumentative errors and lies. There is certainly a reason why the spiritual father of the Manipulátoři.cz and Popravdě.cz websites is publishing it so soon after the presidential elections and the (in)campaigns of some truth-phobic candidates.

Kateřina Kadlecová, Reflex weekly

Manipulation and lies have existed since time immemorial and electronic communication has greatly accelerated their spread. In the book you will read why people easily fall for lies and you will also find instructions on how to detect fake news.

Josef Džubák, founder of HOAX.cz

Petr Nutil

The co-founder of the Manipulators.cz website will show you the way to independent and critical thinking, with which you will learn to detect fake news, recognize truth from lies and not to succumb to conspiracy theories. You will learn about common argumentative fouls and manipulative backgrounds in politics and the media.