From the New York Times-bestselling author and host of NPR's Hidden Brain comes a counter- intuitive, thought-provoking exploration of deception's role in human success. Everyone agrees that lies and self-deception can do terrible harm to our lives, to our communities, and to the planet. But in Useful Delusions, Shankar Vedantam argues that, paradoxically, deceiving ourselves and others can also play a vital role in human success and well-being
