What an arrogant, lying scumbag. If you bought his book, Simon & Schuster would give you a refund if you have problem with it. "Mr. Lehrer, then a 31-year-old wunderkind of the journalism and publishing worlds, had fabricated quotes from Bob Dylan and recycled his own work from one publication ...
I just finished Gladwell's Outliers (and re-read Carr's "The Shallows"), so I was excited to start Lehrer's Imagine -- How Creativity Works. While the book gamely tries to define the creative impulse (how it works, where it occurs, how it can be fostered, etc), in the end, the subject proves a littl...
How 'bout this for author behavior:Jonah Lehrer was fired from his New Yorker gig for "self-plagiarizing". Basically, he was recycling content from his books, and while I think self-plagiarism isn't as egregious as other word theft, in terms of being a professional journalist, it's something akin to...
This book was pulled by its publisher because it was plagiarized and contained fabricated sources. This is the second book of Lehrer's to be recalled by the publisher for plagiarism, the first being Imagine: How Creativity Works. (Pretty fucking ironic title, amiright?) He has only "written" three b...
This man makes science writing an art form. His clarity when it come to explains the workings of the mind for the creative process is second to none.The second half of the book is excellent as well.He covers all the best collaborative processes and studies the best examples of companies and circumst...
I really enjoyed reading this book, and was so happy that it talked about the ineffective "brainstorming" nonsense. I liked hearing from artists like Yo Yo Ma and David Byrne. I was somewhat disappointed that expect for a brief jaunt into Israel, the author did not venture much into countries outs...
Similar to Blink, Outliers, and the Happiness Hypothesis, Lehrer draws on a wealth of case studies to prove our emotional brain is critical to our decision making process. He comes across as a young but talented author that could improve upon collecting his thoughts into an action based conclusion. ...
It seemed like all this was was stories that show creativity in different ways. They were interesting (I really liked the barbie story!), but I wasn't really amazed by any of them.I think the only thing I really remember is that you have to be willing to fail to succeed (in the last chapter, not a q...
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