{"product_id":"authenticity-reclaiming-reality-in-a-counterfeit-culture","title":"Authenticity : Reclaiming Reality in a Counterfeit Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe live in an age when the pursuit of authenticity \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– from living our 'best life' to eating artisan food \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– matters more and more to us, but where the forces of inauthenticity seem to be taking over.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOur world is full of people and products that are not what they seem. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe no longer know whether we are talking to a person or a machine. But we can fight back \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e– and this award-winning book shows us how. \u003cem\u003eAuthenticity\u003c\/em\u003e argues that, although our counterfeit culture is shaped by the most powerful forces of evolution, economics, and technology, we can still come together to reclaim reality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlong the way, we meet the world's greatest impostor, who finally became what he'd pretended to be; the wartime counterfeiter who fooled a nation; nature's most outrageous deceivers; the artist who encouraged people to forge his pictures; the 'authentic' brand that was anything but. But we also meet people living unexpectedly rewarding lives in virtual worlds, and foot soldiers in the 'armies of truth' who are taking down today's conspiracies and cons. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProvocative, insightful and original, \u003cem\u003eAuthenticity\u003c\/em\u003e is that once-in-a-generation revelation: a work rich in histories but supremely and urgently of our own time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou'll never think about deception and reality in the same way again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alice Sherwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43259266728193,"sku":"9780008412654","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-48.png?v=1688572142","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/authenticity-reclaiming-reality-in-a-counterfeit-culture","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}