{"product_id":"but-what-if-were-wrong-thinking-about-the-present-as-if-it-were-the-past-paperback","title":"But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking about the Present as If It Were the Past - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChuck Klosterman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Full of intelligence and insights, as the author gleefully turns ideas upside down to better understand them. . . Replete with lots of nifty, whimsical footnotes, this clever, speculative book challenges our beliefs with jocularity and perspicacity.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Klosterman's trademark humor and unique curiosity propel the reader through the book. He remains one of the most insightful critics of pop culture writing today and this is his most thought-provoking and memorable book yet.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe tremendously well-received \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller by cultural critic Chuck Klosterman, exploring the possibility that our currently held beliefs and assumptions about the world will eventually be proven wrong\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003enow in paperback. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut What If We're Wrong? \u003c\/i\u003eis a book of original, reported, interconnected pieces, which speculate on the likelihood that many universally accepted, deeply ingrained cultural and scientific beliefs will someday seem absurd. Covering a spectrum of objective and subjective topics, the book attempts to visualize present-day society the way it will be viewed in a distant future. Klosterman cites original interviews with a wide variety of thinkers and experts\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eincluding George Saunders, David Byrne, Jonathan Lethem, Alex Ross, Kathryn Schulz, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Greene, Junot Díaz, Amanda Petrusich, Ryan Adams, Dan Carlin, Nick Bostrom, and Richard Linklater. Klosterman asks straightforward questions that are profound in their simplicity, and the answers he explores and integrates with his own analysis generate the most thought-provoking and propulsive book of his career.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChuck Klosterman\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of eight nonfiction books (including \u003ci\u003eSex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eI Wear the Black Hat\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBut What If We're Wrong?\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eKilling Yourself to Live\u003c\/i\u003e) and two novels (\u003ci\u003eDowntown Owl \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Visible Man\u003c\/i\u003e). He has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Spin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBillboard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe A.V. Club\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eESPN.\u003c\/i\u003e Klosterman served as the Ethicist for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e for three years, appeared as himself in the LCD Soundsystem documentary \u003ci\u003eShut Up and Play the Hits\u003c\/i\u003e, and was an original founder of the website Grantland with Bill Simmons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755745411360,"sku":"9780399184130","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6664a95b88fae6b61d7d17f3289f24be.webp?v=1780067592","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/but-what-if-were-wrong-thinking-about-the-present-as-if-it-were-the-past-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}