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Elements of Taste: Understanding What We Like and Why
Written by Benjamin Errett
Narrated by Sean Pratt
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About this audiobook
From My Little Pony to the Sex Pistols: An engaging exploration of why we love what we love
Katy Perry. Wes Anderson. Coldplay. Star Wars. Hamilton. Gilmore Girls. We all have our most and least favorite things. But why?
In this smart, funny, and well-researched audiobook, Benjamin Errett brings together the latest findings from the worlds of psychology, criticism, neuroscience, market research, and more to examine what taste really means-and what it can teach us about ourselves.
Covering kitsch, nostalgia, snobbery, bad taste, George Michael, and what it means to be "basic," this is the ultimate read for anyone who devours popular and not-so-popular culture.
Katy Perry. Wes Anderson. Coldplay. Star Wars. Hamilton. Gilmore Girls. We all have our most and least favorite things. But why?
In this smart, funny, and well-researched audiobook, Benjamin Errett brings together the latest findings from the worlds of psychology, criticism, neuroscience, market research, and more to examine what taste really means-and what it can teach us about ourselves.
Covering kitsch, nostalgia, snobbery, bad taste, George Michael, and what it means to be "basic," this is the ultimate read for anyone who devours popular and not-so-popular culture.
Author
Benjamin Errett
Benjamin Errett studied biology at McGill University and was just about to head off to medical school when he realized what he really wanted to do was write terrifically punny headlines about popular culture. At 22, he was hired as an editor at the National Post with next to no experience. Now 30, Benjamin is a managing editor at the paper.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5This book tastes stale, if anything at all. Another 'journalistic explainer' book with lots of fluff blowing up an idea to book size. Another author in love with his own smarts, in love with his words and presumed wit, lining quote on quote, reference on reference. Meaningless eloquence.