{"product_id":"how-to-think-a-survival-guide-for-a-world-at-odds-hardcover","title":"How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Jacobs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Absolutely splendid . . . essential for understanding why there is so much bad thinking in political life right now.\"\u003cb\u003e --David Brooks, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Think \u003c\/i\u003eis a contrarian treatise on why we're not as good at thinking as we assume--but how recovering this lost art can rescue our inner lives from the chaos of modern life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As a celebrated cultural critic and a writer for national publications like \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, Alan Jacobs has spent his adult life belonging to communities that often clash in America's culture wars. And in his years of confronting the big issues that divide us--political, social, religious--Jacobs has learned that many of our fiercest disputes occur not because we're doomed to be divided, but because the people involved simply aren't \u003ci\u003ethinking. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Most of us don't want to think. Thinking is trouble. Thinking can force us out of familiar, comforting habits, and it can complicate our relationships with like-minded friends. Finally, thinking is \u003ci\u003eslow\u003c\/i\u003e, and that's a problem when our habits of consuming information (mostly online) leave us lost in the spin cycle of social media, partisan bickering, and confirmation bias. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this smart, endlessly entertaining book, Jacobs diagnoses the many forces that act on us to prevent thinking--forces that have only worsened in the age of Twitter, \"alternative facts,\" and information overload--and he also dispels the many myths we hold about what it means to think well. (For example: It's impossible to \"think for yourself.\") \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on sources as far-flung as novelist Marilynne Robinson, basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain, British philosopher John Stuart Mill, and Christian theologian C.S. Lewis, Jacobs digs into the nuts and bolts of the cognitive process, offering hope that each of us can reclaim our mental lives from the impediments that plague us all. Because if we can learn to think together, maybe we can learn to live together, too.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Jacobs\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of the Humanities in the Honors Program of Baylor University. Before that, he taught for many years at Wheaton College in Illinois. He writes for publications like \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, Harper's, First Things, Books \u0026amp; Culture, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eChristian Century, \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, \u003c\/i\u003eand maintains a blog at the New Atlantis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.7 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45342183227494,"sku":"9780451499608","price":31.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/cFZOYzBUL1FlOUdwWllvQmd6WVBHUT09.webp?v=1774871407","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/how-to-think-a-survival-guide-for-a-world-at-odds-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}