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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This: National Book Award
Explore the profound human tendency to unconsciously revise personal and collective history, aligning past beliefs with present consensus. This episode unpacks the psychological mechanisms behind our fluid memories and the hidden costs of historical revisionism.
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“Explore the profound human tendency to unconsciously revise personal and collective history, aligning past beliefs with present consensus. This episode unpacks the psychological mechanisms behind our fluid memories and the hidden costs of historical revisionism.”
— Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This: National Book Award
historical revisionism, collective memory, cognitive bias
Best suited to listeners who want a clearer working understanding of historical revisionism, collective memory, cognitive bias and better judgment in how they apply it.
Omar El Akkad brings a credible and useful lens to historical revisionism, collective memory, cognitive bias, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.