What The Hell Are They Thinking?: The 100 debates that govern your life, written in a way that tells both sides of every story.

Product Description

How well are you keeping up with the hottest topics in our world today?

Should we legalize marijuana?
Are the Kardashians good or bad for feminism?
Is happiness a choice?
Is Federer the best tennis player of all time?
Should we raise taxes on the rich?
Are vaccines safe for kids?
Is there life after death?

What the Hell are They Thinking features 100 hotly debated topics that govern your life and covers politics and government, economics, popular culture, sports, health, religion, and more!

Constructed using a unique psychological writing methodology designed to open minds by reducing media biases, echo chambers, and filter bubbles,
What the Hell are They Thinking offers a uniquely approachable and user-friendly way for busy, yet open-minded individuals to get a more complete understanding of what’s being discussed in our world today.

What the Hell are They Thinking is the first book from multi-award-winning website The Perspective and is a collection of site’s most popular, most engaged with “Big Debates” — with 30 new ones added exclusively for the book’s release.

The Perspective has won several accolades including:

Editors and Publishers Eppy Award for Best Innovation ProjectHighly Commended Finalist of The Drum Award for Best Editorial InnovationWebAward: News category

Stop relying on other people or media outlets for your information, and instead educate yourself on both sides of every argument with
What the Hell are They Thinking.

Review

“This is a hugely important book. As people increasingly cluster in homogeneous groups, the failure to understand the opposing point of view – or, worse, the complete misrepresentation of the opposing point of view – becomes dangerously prevalent.” —
Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Group, columnist for The Spectator, author of Alchemy. 

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Table of Contents

(You are encouraged to read this book in whatever order sparks your interest)

Introduction

Politics Chapter 

1.
Should we legalize marijuana?

2.
How similar are the far-left and the far-right?

3.
Should the US accept refugees?

4.
Is China the next superpower?

5.
The perspective on gun control

6.
The perspective on Donald Trump

7.
Do protests work?

8.
America first? Should the US intervene militarily in foreign conflicts?

9.
The perspective on Putin

10.
Should Black Lives Matter fight for all lives?

11.
The perspective on single-payer health care

12.
Should the First Amendment cover racism and hate speech?

13.
Should Puerto Rico become the 51st state?

14.
The perspective on gerrymandering

15.
The perspective on the United Nations

16.
Edward Snowden – hero or traitor?

Living Chapter 

17.
Is happiness a choice?

18.
Is there life after death?

19.
Is there life outside Earth?

20.
The perspective on having kids

21.
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

22.
Should adopted children be involved with their birth families?

23.
Cats or dogs: who makes a better companion?

24.
City vs. suburbs: where is better to live?

25.
Are humans inherently violent?

26.
Is fear beneficial or damaging to our lives?

27.
Is honesty the best policy?

28.
The perspective on time – is it linear or cyclical

29.
The perspective on religion

30.
The perspective on working from home

Entertainment Chapter 

31.
Harry Potter vs. Harry Potter: are the books better than the movies?

32.
Do artists with seriously questionable morals deserve fame?

33.
Should celebrities expect privacy?

34.
Hamilton – overrated or worth the hype?

35.
(Titanic) Could Jack have been saved?

36.
The Kardashians: inspiring or damaging to women?

37.
The perspective on binge-watching

38.
The perspective on Fox News

39.
Throwback TV: Seinfeld or Friends?

40.
Which is better: Star Wars vs. Star Trek?

Society Chapter 

41.
The perspective on animal testing

42.
Is the death penalty jus