Dumbth: The Lost Art of Thinking With 101 Ways to Reason

Dumbth: The Lost Art of Thinking With 101 Ways to Reason Better & Improve Your Mind
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Dumbth (pron. dum-th) adj: a tendency toward muddleheadedness, or willful stupidity appearing in all segments of American life.Updated, expanded with 20 new ways to think better, and highlighted with a new introduction, this is Steve Allen's humorous and provocative examination of contemporary thought or lack of it in our society.When it first appeared nearly a decade ago, "Dumbth": and 81 Ways to Make Americans Smarter was hailed by critics across the country as the book that would wake up Americans to their tendency toward poor thinking. Labeling the ineptitude phenomenon as "dumbth," Allen has probed the depths of mass ignorance in thinking, speech, and actions for more than thirty years as he observed increased inefficiency, shoddy workmanship, bad service, and an overall breakdown in the capacity to reason. Today, while politicians and school boards play into the popular foolishness by proposing use of "dumbed down" texts and a street language called "ebonics" to reach students, Allen urges another kind of education.Allen explains the problem of fuzzy thinking in detail, and optimistically proposes many simple yet necessary remedies to "dumbth" in the 101 rules for good thinking, reading, writing, speaking, and, most importantly, reasoning.
Country USA
Brand Prometheus Books
Manufacturer Prometheus
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber SEP.19.1_30
ReleaseDate 1998-08-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781573922371

Country	USA
Brand	Prometheus Books
Manufacturer	Prometheus
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	SEP.19.1_30
ReleaseDate	1998-08-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781573922371

Dumbth: The Lost Art of Thinking With 101 Ways to Reason Better & Improve Your Mind

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