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Triumph Of The Airheads, and The Retreat From Commonsense
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The airheads are winning and so are airhead values. We live in a world where ignorance is not just bliss, it's celebrated. Celebrities are multiplying like tadpoles; millionaires are breeding even faster; values have gone out the window, and commonsense has run off with the pool-boy. Soon we'll be talking about Paris Hilton for US president. Even the current president doesn't know the difference between Sweden and Switzerland.
Shelley Gare has written an insightful, sharp and funny book about how our society is losing the plot. In a series of snapshots covering everything from the rise of the jargon-speaking HR manager to our obsession with cushions, cafes and lifestyle, from the rise of the empty-headed It-girls to the multi-million dollar payouts to failed CEOs, The Triumph of the Airheads looks at how our society has been turned upside-down. She also tells us why. |
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| Shelley Gare is an editor and journalist who has been a deputy editor of The Australian newspaper, editor of Good Weekend and the founding editor of The Australian Review of Books for which she won a Walkley. |
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