andylyfo's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

2.75

apfelahmed's review against another edition

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4.0

المواضيع الموجودة في الكتاب مهمة. لا أستطيع ان اقرأ و اسمع هذا الكتاب الا و انا اتخيل نفسي في نقاش مع شخص من داعمي فريق "المشكلة فينا". هل تعرف شخص ينتمي لهذا الفريق ؟

عند مناقشة اي مشكلة مجتمعية، ينبري هذا الفريق بالقاء اللوم على الناس و ليس على السلطة المنظمة للمجتمع. أثناء عرض المحتوى، يؤكد هذا الكتاب اننا عرضة للفساد حتى لو كنا نتمتع بأخلاق الأنبياء من دون ان ندري

يورد الكاتب نكتة تعرض الموضوع بشكل واضح:
ابن سرق قلم زميله في الفصل، يعاتبه الأب في المنزل. يصرخ في وجهه: لماذا فعلت هذا؟ هل انا احرمك من شيء؟! لماذا لم تخبرني باحتياجك للقلم و كنت أحضرت لك 10 أقلام من مكتبي؟

انت لا تدرك دائما الفساد الذي انت فيه.

الحكومة و المؤسسات التي تعمل بكفاءة و نزاهة، قادرة على انتشال مجتمع كانل من الفساد، او على الأقل الحد منه.

هناك تجربة مثيرة أوردها الكتاب: اذا وضعت الناس في ظروف محكمة تدفعهم للفساد و الغش، سيذهبون الى هذا الطريق. لكن سيحاولون فعل ذلك بطريقة لا تؤذي "صورتهم الاجتماعية" ... هذا مهم جدا عند الناس .

ryanboyd's review against another edition

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medium-paced

3.0

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4.0



I enjoy Mr Arielly's writing and this was no exception. He raises some very interesting theories about how "good" we all are.

grxcezhxng's review against another edition

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3.0

3 stars - a fun and interesting read, but demoted for the author ironically lying about his experiment data

sevenlefts's review against another edition

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2.0

An interesting look into the ins and outs of dishonesty from a social science perspective. Most of the discussion centers on variations of one kind of study. Although I was impressed with the many questions that could be answered by tweaking the basic study in different ways, I wanted other perspectives.

This sort of things happens sometimes with books written by academics -- they tend to focus on their own work. Not a bad thing, necessarily, but the effect is one of repetitions and variations on a them. A journalistic approach might have generated more variety.

My favorite part of the books was the diagram that summarized what factors lead to dishonesty, which activities tend to guard against it, and which ones have no effects -- surprisingly, to me, among the latter was the amount of money that might be gained by cheating.

zuomiriam's review against another edition

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4.0

Though I think that Predictably Irrational is Ariely's best work, this book is very well-researched. It circles back repeatedly to an extended experiment involving matrices that tested for various dishonesty-spurring factors. The Honest Truth About Dishonest is a quick read, and for those who are interested in behavioral sciences/psychology, it's a worthwhile one, too.

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3.5 stars. Interesting studies and easy to read. But I’m not sure there is a clear link to how this information should be used in a work setting. Maybe that’s not what the author was going for, though.

kconway23's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

4.0

rifledoc1's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.75