{"product_id":"truth-7","title":"Truth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''TOM PHILLIPS IS A VERY CLEVER, VERY FUNNY MAN'' Greg Jenner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a book about TRUTH - and all the ingenious ways, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ethroughout history, that we''ve managed to avoid it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe live in a ''post-truth'' age, we''re told. The US has a president who openly lies on a daily basis (or who doesn''t even know what''s true, and doesn''t care). The internet has turned our everyday lives into a misinformation battleground. People don''t trust experts any more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut was there ever \u003ci\u003ereally \u003c\/i\u003ea golden age of truth-telling? As the editor of the UK''s leading independent fact-checker, Tom Phillips deals with complete bollocks every day. Here, he tells the story of how we humans have spent history lying to each other - and ourselves - and asks an important question: how can humanity move towards a truthier future?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eHUMANS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HOW WE F*CKED IT ALL UP:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''F*cking brilliant'' \u003cb\u003eSarah Knight, \u003ci\u003eThe Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Very funny'' \u003cb\u003eMark Watson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''In dark times, it''s reassuring to learn that we''ve always been a bunch of clueless f*cking nitwits'' \u003cb\u003eStuart Heritage, \u003ci\u003eDon''t Be a Dick, Pete\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A light-touch history of moments when humans have got it spectacularly wrong... Both readable and entertaining'' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317379408254,"sku":"NW9781472263209","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781472263209.jpg?v=1778721857","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/truth-7","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}