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    Cause: . . . And How It Doesn't Always Equal Effect
    Cause: . . . And How It Doesn't Always Equal Effect
    Cause: . . . And How It Doesn't Always Equal Effect
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    Cause: . . . And How It Doesn't Always Equal Effect

    Written by Gregory Smithsimon

    Narrated by P.J. Ochlan

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    About this audiobook

    When we try to understand our world, we ask "why?" a specific event occurred. But this profoundly human question often leads us astray. In Cause, sociologist Gregory Smithsimon brings us a much sharper understanding of cause and effect, and shows how we can use it to approach some of our most daunting collective problems.

    Smithsimon begins by explaining the misguided cause and effect explanations that have given us tragically little insight on issues such as racial discrimination, climate change, and the cycle of poverty. He then shows unseen causes behind these issues, and shows how we are hard-wired to overlook them. Armed with these insights, Smithsimon explains how we can avoid these mistakes, and begin to make effective change.

    Combining philosophy, the science of perception, and deeply researched social factors, Cause offers us a new way to ask "why?" and a hope that we may improve our society and ourselves.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateFeb 13, 2018
    ISBN9781977375377
    Cause: . . . And How It Doesn't Always Equal Effect

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