Three weeks after its official launch, I’m Right and You’re an Idiot has joined the BC Bestseller List. The BC Bestseller List is compiled using sales data from over 80 independent bookstores in BC, which is provided to the Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia by TBM BookManager. The list represents […]
James Hoggan and CFAX’s Terry Moore recently sat down to discuss I’m Right and You’re an Idiot and the issue of polarization. In the interview, Hoggan explains that being defensive and combative is part of human nature. However, the toxic rhetoric filling public conversations these days is not merely the result […]
An important insight from Carol Tavris in I’m Right and You’re an Idiot. Read the full story: One of Our Greatest Dangers: Justifying Corruption and Injustice to Preserve Sense of Self
James Hoggan recently sat down with Global BC to discuss I’m Right and You’re an Idiot and tackling the mass polarization of public discourse that we’re mired in. In the interview, Hoggan is asked for his take on the alarmingly divisive rhetoric, particularly on the Republican side, that has filled the presidential candidate […]
The following passage is an excerpt from I’m Right and You’re an Idiot. It comes from the chapter “The Self-Regulating Psychopath” with Joel Bakan and Noam Chomsky. Corporations do an excellent job of churning out masses of marketing materials that suggest they are doing the right things, but when you look at […]
James Hoggan recently sat down with Kirk Lapointe and Roundhouse Radio to discuss I’m Right and You’re an Idiot and the deterioration of public discourse and debate. Like many others, Kirk Lapointe sees the polarization of public conversation and wonders if we have given up trying to hear each other? Hoggan says […]
A lot can happen in a week. Last Wednesday, I’m Right and You’re an Idiot was officially launched at a sold out event in Vancouver. And now, five days later, it has reached one of Amazon Canada’s bestseller lists. Read the full story, here: “I’m Right and You’re an Idiot” Reaches #1 on […]
The following is an excerpt from I’m Right and You’re an Idiot. It comes from the chapter with Roger Conner. Conner is an adjunct professor of law at Vanderbilt University. He has three decades of experience as a nonprofit executive, lobbyist, litigator, organizer, facilitator and social entrepreneur on issues including environmental protection to […]
In a recent op-ed in the Times Colonist, Lisa Helps, the Mayor of Victoria, cited I’m Right and You’re an Idiot in her request for residents to engage in open dialogue to solve the city’s homelessness issue. The presence of a tent city in downtown Victoria has generated incredibly polarizing, divisive commentary from […]
Last night, James Hoggan officially launch his new book I’m Right and You’re an Idiot. In front of a sold out crowd, Hoggan shared insights from his journey into the question of why public discourse has become so corrosive and what we can do to change it? Photographers captured highlights from […]