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Many authors discussed how ideas themselves can be dangerous, or the idea that ideas can be dangerous. One such author, Daniel Gilbert, states, in his entry: "Dangerous" does not mean exciting or bold; it means likely to cause great harm. The most dangerous idea is the only dangerous idea: The idea that ideas can be dangerous. —Daniel Gilbert [7]
Barry Glassner (born 1952) is an American professor of sociology and author or co-author of nine books, including The Culture of Fear, which discussed the culture of fear phenomenon. He is a former president at Lewis & Clark College .
The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence is a 1997 self-help book by Gavin de Becker, a security specialist.The book argues that every individual should learn to trust the inherent "gift" of their gut instinct when it comes to situations of danger or potential violence, as these instincts are often our most reliable means of self-protection.
The news was on in Thenedra Roots’s home. It was at a low volume, mostly background noise, but the bit about Ralph Yarl caught the attention of Roots’s young son.. Roots explained the story of ...
The One Weird Fear All Humans Share A new study from the University of Chicago finds that all humans have an innate sense built in that makes us fear things that are moving closer towards, rather ...
Charlophobia – the fictional fear of any person named Charlotte or Charlie, mentioned in the comedic book A Duck is Watching Me: Strange and Unusual Phobias (2014), by Bernie Hobbs. The phobia was created to mock name bias , a form of discrimination studied by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Chicago .
The Power is a book within a book: a manuscript of an imagined history of the tumultuous 21st century period – now 5,000 years in the past – during which womankind became the dominant gender after developing and sharing the power to emit electricity from their hands. [2]
No. 12 best selling book (across all categories) on Amazon.com [71] (March 3, 2012, not necessarily a peak ranking), No. 2 on The New York Times Best Seller list (paperback nonfiction), [72] by March 2019 having been on the list for 166 weeks, [73] No. 1 bestselling original nonfiction book of 2012 as listed by the Toronto Star, [74] and