David Keyes

THE POST-TRUTH ERA: Writing for The New Republic Online Gregg Easterbrook finds that “whether something is believed has become more important than whether it’s true.” As evidence, Easterbrook introduces us to The Post-Truth Era, a new book by Ralph Keyes. In an article (requires registration) that touches on the recent presidential debates, LBJ, Jesse Ventura, …

Keyes’s book addresses the underreported frequency with which we all lie …  Specifically, it would seem that we lie about things that happened in our past in order to make ourselves look better. Hmmmm. Interesting notion. Certainly seems plausible. Of course, being a walking paragon of virtue, I don’t do any such thing. But now …

To Read List, Updated. The Post-Truth Era: Dishonesty and Deception in Contemporary Life, Ralph Keyes (Still on my list, however, I was able to obtain a copy of the book, so now I do not have to forage through my local library.) thedp.blogspot.com/

The Post-Truth Era cites a study that estimates people consciously fib in 28% of conversations with friends and family and 77% when engaging strangers. …

TMQ recommends the just-out book The Post-Truth Era by Ralph Keyes, a fascinating and important dissection of how American culture encourages making things up. In our fabricated docudrama-world, what matters is not what you can establish as true but what you can confuse people into thinking might be true — Michael Moore on the left …

This title is getting a lot of review buzz.