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Ben Yagoda
Ben Yagoda’s books include
The B-Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song
and
About Town:
The New Yorker
and the World It Made
.
Concept by Delcan & Co; photograph by The …
The Cognitive Biases Tricking Your Brain
Science suggests we’re hardwired to delude ourselves. Can we do anything about it?
Ben Yagoda
September 2018 Issue