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The Psychology of Secrets
My Adventures with Murderers, Cults and Influencers
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'Andrew Gold is the new Jon Ronson. Smart, funny, brave and deeply thoughtful, The Psychology of Secrets is an absolute must read' - Will Storr, bestselling author of The Status Game and The Science of Storytelling
Cult leaders, murderers, psychopaths – and you. Take a deep dive into the bizarre psychology of secrecy with Andrew Gold, award-winning investigative journalist and host of Heretics.
We all keep secrets. 97 per cent of us are hiding a secret right now, and on average we each hold thirteen at any one time. There’s a one-in-two chance that those secrets involve a breach of trust, a lie or a financial impropriety. They are the stuff of gossip, of novels and of classic dramas; secrets form a major part of our hidden inner lives.
Andrew Gold knows this better than anyone. As a public figure, he has found himself the unwitting recipient of hundreds of strangers' most private revelations. This set him on a journey to understand this critical part of our societies and lives. Why do we keep secrets? Why are we fascinated by those of others? What happens to our mind when we confess?
Drawing from psychology, history, social science, philosophy and personal interviews, The Psychology of Secrets is a rollicking journey through the history of secrecy.
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'Andrew Gold is - but should not be - one of our culture’s best kept secrets. He is a truly edgy journalist, broadcaster and writer' - David Baddiel, bestselling author of The God Desire
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Journalist Gold debuts with a revealing if unfocused study of how secrets shape human experience. Among other topics, he covers how keeping secrets can signal that children are developing a sense of self, and how people who join cults are often drawn to the "in-group mentality, secrecy, and sense of community" but experience ill effects to their physical and mental health as they try to hide their lives from friends and family. The act of disclosing secrets can foster or manufacture intimacy, Gold writes, describing how "sharenters," or parents who post curated images of their children's lives on social media, sometimes seek to "bond" with their followers by posting more authentic videos or photos behind paywalls. Unfortunately, Gold weakens the account with hazy examples of how secrets function in broader historical contexts, including how Hitler and the Nazi government framed Jews as "conspiratorial secret-keepers whose only goal was to bring down the German economy." More trenchant are his analyses, often bolstered with interviews, of how secrets shape the interior worlds of those keeping them. This is a mixed bag.