Thinking: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction

Edited by John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org, Thinking presents original ideas by today's leading psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers who are radically expanding our understanding of human thought.




-Daniel Kahneman on the power (and pitfalls) of human intuition and "unconscious" thinking.




-Daniel Gilbert on desire, prediction, and why getting what we want doesn't always make us happy.




-Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the limitations of statistics in guiding decision-making.




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