If You're Curious About These Questions...
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- Did you know that it's possible for someone to tell you nothing but the absolute truth and still completely mislead you?
- Have you ever wondered why two people can look at the exact same set of facts and come to two completely opposite conclusions?
- Are you curious about the secret tactics politicians and corporations use to frame the truth to their advantage without ever telling a single lie?
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Key Takeaways from Truth
- Understand why multiple conflicting statements about a subject can all be true at once, and learn to pause and reflect on the wider picture before passing judgment.
- Discover how the very first selective truth you hear about a topic shapes your long-term mindset and ultimately influences your daily decisions.
- Learn how unscrupulous communicators can deceitfully manipulate your perception of reality using selective truths without ever actually telling a lie.
- Find out how omitting facts can sometimes be a responsible choice, such as when a doctor filters out complex medical jargon to provide you with clear, actionable advice.
- Master the ability to discern fact from fiction by learning to identify the three distinct types of communicators who use the truth to shape the world around them.
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Truth — Full Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Recommendation
Chapter 2: There are often multiple truths about people, events, or things, all of which can be true at once.
Chapter 3: The selective truths other people choose to tell us influence our mindsets and actions.
Chapter 4: Selective truths may be used either responsibly or deceptively.
Chapter 5: There are three kinds of communicators who each use truth differently: advocates, misinformers and misleaders.
Chapter 6: The historical record can be reshaped by using selective truth.
Chapter 7: Across history, cultures and societies, there are competing moral truths.
Chapter 8: Numbers are frequently used to bolster competing truths.
Chapter 9: In the right hands, a carefully chosen truth can have an impact in the corporate world.
Truth Summary & Overview
Truth (2018) shows us how we live in a world of competing truths, where politicians, activists, corporations and countries tell the stories they’d like us to hear. Identifying the different ways that truth can be used to mislead or inspire, Hector MacDonald draws from history and current affairs to demonstrate how we should wait to see the whole picture before deciding what is “true.”
Who Should Listen to Truth?
- Citizens wanting to navigate a world full of misinformation
- Strategic communicators in business and politics
- Journalists and bloggers looking to write the most truthful stories
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