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Whether it's in a cockpit at takeoff or the planning of an offensive war, a romantic relationship or a dispute at the office, there are many opportunities to lie and self-deceive--but deceit and self-deception carry the costs of being alienated from reality and can lead to disaster. So why does deception play such a prominent role in our everyday lives? In short, why do we deceive? In his bold new work, prominent biological theorist Robert Trivers unflinchingly argues that self-deception evolved in the service of deceit--the better to fool others. We do it for biological reasons--in order to help us survive and procreate. From viruses mimicking host behavior to humans misremembering (sometimes intentionally) the details of a quarrel, science has proven that the deceptive one can always outwit the masses. But we undertake this deception at our own peril. The Folly of Fools is an ambitious investigation into the evolutionary logic of lying and the costs of leaving it unchecked.

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Robert Trivers is a professor of anthropology and biological sciences at Rutgers University. He won the Crafoord Prize in Biosciences in 2007 for his fundamental analysis of social evolution, conflict, and cooperation. He lives in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Chris Reilly has had a serendipitous career using his voice. After graduating from college in New York City, for a decade you could hear him reading the news on 1010 WINS (All News, All the Time) and on WNYC, New York Public Radio, the top public radio station in America and nowadays a major podcast producer. A change of pace brought him back to the greenery of bucolic northern Connecticut, where he's originally from. In the wake of tedious stints in sales and marketing, audiobooks took the world by storm, and Chris didn't miss a beat. When he's not behind the microphone in his home studio, you might find Chris riding his scooter around town, drinking black coffee, caring for his Ragdoll cat, or solving a crossword puzzle.

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