Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds
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A perfect repackaging of the classic work about grand-scale madness, major schemes, and bamboozlement–and the universal human susceptibility to all three. This informative, amusing collection encompasses a broad range of manias and deceptions, from witch burnings to the Fantastic Crusades to the prophecies of Nostradamus.Amazon.com Review
Why do otherwise intelligent individuals form seething masses of idiocy when they engage in collective action? Why do financially sensible people jump lemming-like into hare-brained speculative frenzies–only to jump broker-like out of windows when their fantasies dissolve? We may reflect that the Fantastic Crash of 1929, junk bonds of the ’80s, and over-valued high-tech stocks of the ’90s are peculiarly 20th century aberrations, but Mackay’s classic–first published in 1841–shows that the madness and confusion of crowds knows no limits, and has no temporal bounds. These are extraordinarily illuminating,and, sorry to say, entertaining tales of chicanery, greed and naivete. Essential reading for any student of human scenery or the transmission of thoughts.
In fact, cases such as Tulipomania in 1624–when Tulip bulbs traded at a privileged fee than gold–suggest the being of what I would dub “Mackay’s Law of Mass Action:” when it comes to the effect of social behavior on the intelligence of individuals, 1+1 is regularly less than 2, and sometimes considerably less than 0.
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It was dull so I stopped reading it
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
The review under this one is really dumb. Whoever wrote it is extremely dumb. I cannot judge how dumb you are. You can’t even read this book; why do you reflect you have the right to “review” it? No marvel foreigners say Americans are dumb. I mean, we have people with college degrees running around who cannot even read a book written in 1840 IN ENGLISH! What language DO you speak? Sad. Also, Chaucer died in 1400.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Read any of the many fleeting tales in Mass Delusions and you will know what the Kenneth Deffeyes, Richard Heinbergs and James Kunstlers are up against (today, as you read this, yes, that’s right
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Excellent luck Gentleman and welcome to “Science On Examination II: This Time It Matters.” Sorry to say, this time the Belief in Creationism (of energy and matter) isn’t harmless, like Belief in Creationism by a godz.
Seriously, a sincere thanks for your efforts, and thanks for all the fish.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
This is a fantastic sleep aid. Too long, and he uses too many intricate words when simple ones would have worked just as well. I suggest skimming through it as a replacement for of trying to read it take in to take in. It contains some appealing information about alchemy, haunted houses, the crusades and additional things, but you have to wade through his verbage and unneccessary details to get to it.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
The most dull book ever. No theory, no thoughts, just page after page of stuff you already know. There is nearly 200 pages on Alchemist. Nuff said.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5