So You've Been Publicly Shamed
by Jon Ronson
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“@ScottAdamsSays Relatedly, I can highly recommend the @jonronson book 'So you've been publicly shamed' | As we are on this topic, one book that changed my action on social media more than any other was reading Jon Ronson's "So You've Been Publicly Shamed" highly recommended if you have any other recommendations, would love to hear them. | To anyone facing a mob one day, and to anyone wishing to develop their empathy rather than joining the fury of social networks, read this fantastic book from @jonronson. It truly helped me on so many accounts.”
Source →“@ScottAdamsSays Relatedly, I can highly recommend the @jonronson book 'So you've been publicly shamed' | As we are on this topic, one book that changed my action on social media more than any other was reading Jon Ronson's "So You've Been Publicly Shamed" highly recommended if you have any other recommendations, would love to hear them. | To anyone facing a mob one day, and to anyone wishing to develop their empathy rather than joining the fury of social networks, read this fantastic book from @jonronson. It truly helped me on so many accounts.”
Source →Recommended by 4 notable people, including Geoffrey Miller and Anna Kendrick
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Writing, Psychology, and Social Sciences.
Now a New York Times bestseller and from the author of The Psychopath Test, a captivating and brilliant exploration of one of our world's most underappreciated forces: shame. 'It's about the terror, isn't it' 'The terror of what' I said. 'The terror of being found out.' For the past three years, Jon Ronson has travelled the world meeting recipi...
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Writing, Psychology, and Social Sciences.
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“@ScottAdamsSays Relatedly, I can highly recommend the @jonronson book 'So you've been publicly shamed' | As we are on this topic, one book that changed my action on social media more than any other was reading Jon Ronson's "So You've Been Publicly Shamed" highly recommended if you have any other recommendations, would love to hear them. | To anyone facing a mob one day, and to anyone wishing to develop their empathy rather than joining the fury of social networks, read this fantastic book from @jonronson. It truly helped me on so many accounts.”
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