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Farrar Strauss Keep It Fake by Eric G. Wilson Eric Wilson
In Keep It Fake: Inventing an Authentic Life Eric G. Wilson investigates this phenomenon. He draws on neuroscience psychology sociology philosophy art film literature and his own life to explore the possibility that theres no such thing as unwavering reality. Whether our left brains are shaping the raw data of our right into fabulous stories or were so saturated by societys conventions that were always acting out prefab scripts we cant help but be phony. But are some fakes more real than others? Are certain lies true? In lively prose - honest provocative erudite witty wide-ranging as likely to riff on Bill Murray as to contemplate Plato - Keep It Fake answers these questions uncovering bracing truths about what it means to be human and helping us turn our necessary lying into artful living.show more