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A Brief Story of Lies: From Ancient Propaganda to Deepfakes: How Deception Shaped Human Civilization

A Brief Story of Lies: From Ancient Propaganda to Deepfakes: How Deception Shaped Human Civilization

Volpe, Isaac

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Series: Brief History Of..., Book 20

PhilosophyGeneral Political Science

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ISBN13: 9798187035373
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 114
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.24 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Everyone condemns lying. Everyone lies. But what if deception is not merely a flaw in human civilization, but one of the forces that created it?

From the propaganda carved into the temples of ancient Egypt to the deepfakes generated by artificial intelligence, lies have shaped governments, religions, wars, relationships, and our understanding of reality itself.

A Brief Story of Lies traces the astonishing history of human deception across thousands of years. It explores why children begin to lie, how self-deception protects the stories we tell about ourselves, why powerful institutions can manufacture uncertainty, and how propaganda transforms falsehood into political reality.

Along the way, the book examines Plato's noble lie, the forged Donation of Constantine, Nazi propaganda, corporate cover-ups, vaccine fraud, political disinformation, social-media echo chambers, conspiracy theories, and the emerging world of synthetic media.

Drawing on psychology, philosophy, history, political science, and technology, this provocative book reveals:

- Why most people are surprisingly poor at detecting lies

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