Why read Everything Is Bullshit?

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Many of our society’s most cherished traditions are actually based on historical accident, the proﬁt motives of a few companies, or the agenda of someone who died long ago. A lot of what we believe and do is bullshit, yet we walk around thinking our way of doing things is…

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1 author picked Everything Is Bullshit as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

John V. Petrocelli

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I found Everything is Bullshit to be so interesting that I wasn’t able to put it down once discovered in a random, one-off, used bookstore. This book is a sleeping beauty. It opened my eyes to all the scams that big companies use and how they have the money and power to keep getting away with them. The explanations for why many of our society’s most cherished traditions are actually based on bullshit reasoning are well-researched and compelling. The book helped me understand why diamond engagement rings are so expensive, why wine is so expensive, how art becomes “art”,…

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