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“Full of intelligence and ins, as the author gleefully
turns ideas upside down to better understand them.... This book
will become a popular book club selection because it makes
readers think. Replete with lots of nifty, whimsical footnotes,
this clever, speculative book challenges our beliefs with
jocularity and perspicacity.” —Kirkus (starred review)
“Klosterman conducts a series of intriguing thought experiments
in this delightful new book...Klosterman’s trademark humor and
unique curiosity propel the reader through the book. He remains
one of the most inful critics of pop culture writing today
and this is his most thought-provoking and memorable book
yet.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A spin class for the brain… Klosterman challenges readers to
reexamine the stability of basic concepts, and in doing so
broadens our perspectives…. An engaging and entertaining workout
for the mind led by one of today’s funniest and most
thought-provoking writers.” —Library Journal (starred review)
"Klosterman is a joy to hang out with: He relishes the
contradictions he examines while making complex ideas
comprehensible. In this new world, though, his voids of certainty
aren’t just exhilarating, but ominous." —Ryan Vlastelica, A.V.
Club (Favorite Books of 2016)
"But What If We’re Wrong? is a book about the big things we’re
wrong about that don’t get discussed, just because everyone
assumes they can never happen. That’s as true for culture as it
is for science, and the uniquely intellectual and dexterous
Klosterman dives in with verve. Bonus points for interviews with
some fascinating—and stubborn—people in the
process." —Bloomberg Best Books of 2016, recommended by Ian
Bremmer, President of Eurasia Group
“Klosterman is outlining the ideology of a contrarian here and
reminding us of the important role that revisionism plays in
cultural writing. What matters is the way he thinks about
thinking—and the way he makes you think about how you think. And,
in the end, this is all that criticism can really hope to
do.” —Sonny Bunch, The Washington Post
“[Klosterman’s] most wide-ranging accomplishment to date… As
inquisitive, thoughtful and dryly funny as ever, But What If
We’re Wrong?... [is] crackling with the writer’s signature
wit.” —Will Ashton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“In But What If We’re Wrong? [Klosterman] takes on the really big
picture . . . He ranges far and wide over the realm of known
knowns and known unknowns.” —Brigitte Frase, Minneapolis Star
Tribune
“I have often wondered how the times I live in will be
remembered once they turn into History. It never occurred to me
to figure out how to write a book about it, though, which is one
of the reasons why Chuck Klosterman is smarter than I am.” —ee
Levitt, The Chicago Reader
“Klosterman has proven himself an inful and evolving
philosopher for popular consumption . . . In his latest, But What
If We’re Wrong?, Klosterman probes the very notions of existence
and longevity, resulting perhaps in the most mind-expanding
writing of his career.” —Max Kyburz, Gothamist
“Chuck Klosterman is no time traveler, but he's got a lot of
ideas about how the future will shake out . . . in [But What If
We’re Wrong?] he ponders the limits of humanity’s search for
truth.” —Chris Weller, Tech Insider
“Prolific pop-culture critic Chuck Klosterman tackles his most
ambitious project yet in new book But What If We’re Wrong?, which
combines research, personal reflections and
interviews.” —Alexandra Cavallo, The Improper Bostonian
“This book is brilliant and addictively readable. It's also
mandatory reading for anyone who loves history and for anyone who
cls to have a capacity for forecasting. It'll probably make
them angry because it turns so many sacred assumptions upside
down—but that's what the future does. Klosterman's writing style
is direct, highly personal and robotically crisp—he's like a
stranger on the seat next to you on a plane who gives you a
billion dollar idea. A terrific book.” —Douglas Coupland
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About the Author
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Chuck Klosterman is the bestselling author of eight
nonfiction books (including Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs; I Wear
the Black Hat; But What If We're Wrong?; and Killing Yourself to
Live) and two novels (Downtown Owl and The Visible Man). He has
written for The New York Times, The Washington
Post, GQ, Esquire, Spin, The Guardian, The
Believer, Billboard, The A.V. Club, and ESPN. Klosterman served
as the Ethicist for The New York Times Magazine for three years,
appeared as himself in the LCD Soundsystem documentary Shut Up
and Play the Hits, and was an original founder of the website
Grantland with Bill Simmons.
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