Conspiracy Theories and other Dangerous Ideas by Cass R.
Sunstein, 267 pages
I picked this book up when browsing the recently arrived new
books in Social Science. While the title makes it seem that it is about the
different theories and other legends or myths, it is actually about how they
start and why they last. The book is broken down into chapters, with each
chapter being a “dangerous idea”. I put that in quotes as it would be more
accurate to say dangerous political ideas. Some of the “dangerous ideas” are
things like health care reform and minimalism. I can’t say I consider those to
be dangerous to think about. Dangerous in a political sense yes, but not for
the average person.
Overall I should have stopped reading after the first long
chapter on conspiracy theories. The rest of the ideas, while discussed don’t go
into the same detail nor do they fully explain either the issue or the
suggested possible answer.
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