Thinking: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction in Life and Markets
2013
This book presents original ideas from leading psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers who have radically expanded our understanding of human thought by developing the field of behavioral economics to inform a new science of decision-making. The book includes articles from these experts that cover a wide range of topics about human intuition and unconscious thinking, the applications and limitations of statistics in decisions, the scientific underpinnings of human nature, and other subjects relevant to decision-making, problem-solving, and making predictions in everyday life and in business.
- 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.
- Vilayanur Ramachandran on the scientific underpinnings of human nature.
- Simon Baron-Cohen on the startling effects of testosterone on the brain.
- Daniel C. Dennett on decoding the architecture of the "normal" human mind.
- Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on mental disorders and the crucial developmental phase of adolescence.
- Jonathan Haidt, Sam Harris, and Roy Baumeister on the science of morality, ethics, and the emerging synthesis of evolutionary and biological thinking.
- Gerd Gigerenzer on rationality and what informs our choices.
Thinking: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction in Life and Markets
Source:
Brockman J. Thinking: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction in Life and Markets. Harper Perennial 2013. https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062258564/thinking