1: A Healthy Mind 2: Sexual Fantasies 3: On the Money? 4: Inside and Out: Immigration and Religion 5: Safe and Secure 6: Political Misdirection and Disengagement 7: Brexit and Trump: Wishful and Wrongful Thinking 8: Filtering Our Worlds 9: Worldwide Worry 10: Who's Most Wrong? 11: Managing Our Misperceptions 12: Acknowledgements 13: Notes 14: Index
Bobby Duffy is Director of The Policy Institute at King's College London. He was previously Managing Director of the Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute and Global Director of Ipsos Social Research Institute. Previously he has been seconded to the British Prime Minister's Strategy Unit and to the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) at the London School of Economics.
Mandatory reading. This mind-altering book show how most of us
are badly deluded about the state of the world. * Steven
Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and
author of Enlightenment Now *
Fascinating -- Nick Butler * Financial Times *
Illuminating and important. Duffy has spent a decade finding the
gaps between our perceptions and reality. The result is this
fascinating study. * Dan Gardner - co-author of
Superforecasting *
A superb and timely analysis of a genuine and growing threat to
democratic debate. * Alastair Campbell - author and former
Downing Street Press Secretary *
Simply indispensable. Marrying fascinating data with superb
analysis, this is a unique book. * Matthew d'Ancona,
Editor-in-Chief, Drugstore Culture, and author of Post-Truth *
A tour-de-force. Required reading for all engaged citizens of the
world. * Dame Louise Casey - former senior British government
official and former Deputy Director of Shelter *
A masterful overview of how our perceptions are repeatedly off the
mark. Consequential and timely. * David Halpern - Chief Executive
of the Behavioural Insights Team *
Interesting and well-informed. An invaluable guide. Duffy is a
voice of calm reason amidst all our anxieties about a post-truth
world. -- Lord David Willetts, former Conservative Party MP -
Executive Chair of the Resolution Foundation
A great read that will help you get a better fix on reality. This
book will help you understand why many of the things you think are
probably wrong. * Hetan Shah, Executive Director, The Royal
Statistical Society *
Fantastic: there are eye-opening and shocking statistics on every
page. Perils of Perception may force you to reconsider your
most deeply held views. * Jamie Bartlett - author of The People Vs
Tech *
Eye-opening * Daily Business *
Clear, balanced and cautious... [It] manages to be optimistic about
the state of the world without being complacent about what still
needs improvement. * Make Wealth History *
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