A Very Human Bargain

von Tony McNally

86 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

There's a bargain lurking almost everywhere.Some are obvious. We buy something, sell something, agree to do something in return for something else. But what about the bargains we make without realising we're making them?A joke between Tony McNally and his partner began with three apparently simple rules: Trust Nobody. Question Everything. Form No Attachments.The third earned him a thrown cushion. It also started a rather more interesting train of thought.What do we give up for trust, love, belonging, convenience, security or certainty? What happens when the price of a bargain changes after we have made it? Why can the same behaviour mean something completely different depending on who does it, when they do it and what happened before? And how many of the bargains governing our lives were made before we even knew there was anything to negotiate?From childhood and relationships to advertising, social media, artificial intelligence, military service and the relationship between citizen and state, A Very Human Bargain follows those questions wherever they happen to lead.It doesn't offer a formula for living. It does something rather simpler.It asks you to notice the bargain.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798174217409
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 22.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published