John Leake’s “Mind Viruses: America’s Irrational Obsessions” explores one of the most fascinating and troubling aspects of human behavior: the way ideas can quickly spread and influence the way entire societies think.

Simply put, I believe the overarching theme of the book can be boiled down to one thing. Many Americans are extremely lazy in the way they think and only form certain opinions because someone on TV or their friends’ grandmother told them what to believe.

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Using a mix of psychology, history, science, and culture, Leake, a six-time New York Times best-selling author, explains how certain ideas........

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