Thinking: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction in Life and Markets (Best of Edge Series)

A master class on how to develop productive thinking and decision-making skills draws on the expertise of leading psychologists and thinkers, including Daniel Dennett, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, and Simon Baron-Cohen. Abstract: "The essays contained in this book are unedited transcriptions of scientific talks and conversations between conference participants. Any apparent errors in usage should be considered natural products of speech"--Publisher's note. Read more... A Master Class On How To Develop Productive Thinking And Decision-making Skills Draws On The Expertise Of Leading Psychologists And Thinkers, Including Daniel Dennett, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, And Simon Baron-cohen. The Normal Well-tempered Mind / Daniel C. Dennett -- How To Win At Forecasting / Philip Tetock (with An Introduction By Daniel Kahneman) -- Smart Heuristics / Gerd Gigerenzer (with An Introduction By John Brockman) -- Affective Forecasting... Or... The Big Wombassa: What You Think You're Going To Get, And What You Don't Get, When You Get What You Want / Daniel Gilbert (with An Introduction By John Brockman) -- Adventures In Behavioral Neurology- Or- What Neurology Can Tell Us About Human Nature / Vilayanur Ramachandran -- The Social Psychological Narrative- Or- What Is Social Psychology, Anyway? / Timothy D. Wilson (with An Introduction By Daniel Gilbert) -- The Adolescent Brain / Sarah-jayne Blakemore (with An Introduction By Simon Baron-cohen) -- Essentialism / Bruce Hood -- Testosterone On My Mind And In My Brain / Simon Baron-cohen (with An Introduction By John Brockman) -- Insight / Gary Klein (with An Introduction By Daniel Kahneman) -- A Sense Of Cleanliness / Simone Schnall -- The Fourth Quadrant: A Map Of The Limits Of Statistics / Nassim Nicholas Taleb (with An Introduction By John Brockman) -- Life Is The Way The Animal Is In The World / Alva Noë -- Recursion And Human Thought: Why The Pirahã Don't Have Numbers / Daniel L. Everett -- The New Science Of Morality / Jonathan Haidt ... [et Al.] (with An Introduction By John Brockman) -- The Marvels And The Flaws Of Intuitive Thinking / Daniel Kahneman. Edited By John Brockman. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Content: The normal well-tempered mind / Daniel C. Dennett -- How to win at forecasting / Philip Tetock (with an introduction by Daniel Kahneman) -- Smart heuristics / Gerd Gigerenzer (with an introduction by John Brockman) -- Affective forecasting ... or ... the big wombassa: what you think you're going to get, and what you don't get, when you get what you want / Daniel Gilbert (with an introduction by John Brockman) -- Adventures in behavioral neurology- or- What neurology can tell us about human nature / Vilayanur Ramachandran -- The social psychological narrative- or- What is social psychology, anyway? / Timothy D. Wilson (with an introduction by Daniel Gilbert) -- The adolescent brain / Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (with an introduction by Simon Baron-Cohen) -- Essentialism / Bruce Hood -- Testosterone on my mind and in my brain / Simon Baron-Cohen (with an introduction by John Brockman) -- Insight / Gary Klein (with an introduction by Daniel Kahneman) -- A sense of cleanliness / Simone Schnall -- The fourth quadrant: a map of the limits of statistics / Nassim Nicholas Taleb (with an introduction by John Brockman) -- Life is the way the animal is in the world / Alva Noë -- Recursion and human thought: why the pirahã don't have numbers / Daniel L. Everett -- The new science of morality / Jonathan Haidt [and others] (with an introduction by John Brockman) -- The marvels and the flaws of intuitive thinking / Daniel Kahneman. Unlock your mind. From the bestselling authors of Thinking, Fast and Slow; The Black Swan; and Stumbling on Happiness comes a cutting-edge exploration of the mysteries of rational thought, decision-making, intuition, morality, willpower, problem-solving, prediction, forecasting, unconscious behavior, and beyond. Edited by John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's smartest website"—The Guardian), Thinking presents original ideas by today's leading psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers who are radically expanding our understanding of human thought. Contributors include: 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 Unlock your mind. From the bestselling authors of Thinking , Fast and Slow ; The Black Swan ; and Stumbling on Happiness comes a cutting-edge exploration of the mysteries of rational thought, decision-making, intuition, morality, willpower, problem-solving, prediction, forecasting, unconscious behavior, and beyond. Edited by John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's smartest website" The Guardian ), Thinking presents original ideas by today's leading psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers who are radically expanding our understanding of human thought. Contributors include: 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 From the bestselling authors of Thinking, Fast and Slow; The Black Swan; and Stumbling on Happiness comes a cutting-edge exploration of the mysteries of rational thought, decision-making, intuition, morality, willpower, problem-solving, prediction, forecasting, unconscious behavior, and beyond. Edited by John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's smartest website"-The Guardian), 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 doesn't always make us happy - Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the limitations of statistics in guiding decision-making - Vailayanur 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