EAN: 9780062109392

THIS WILL MAKE YOU SMARTER - JOHN BROCKMAN TASC...

Featuring a foreword by David Brooks  This Will Make You Smarter presents brilliant?but
accessible?ideas to expand every mind. What scientific concept would improve everybody's
cognitive toolkit? This is the question John Brockman  publisher of Edge.org  posed to the
world's most influential thinkers. Their visionary answers flow from the frontiers of
psychology  philosophy  economics  physics  sociology  and more. Surprising and enlightening 
these insights will revolutionize the way you think about yourself and the world. Daniel
Kahneman on the ?focusing illusion? • Jonah Lehrer on controlling attention • Richard Dawkins
on experimentation • Aubrey De Grey on conquering our fear of the unknown • Martin Seligman on
the ingredients of well-being • Nicholas Carr on managing ?cognitive load? • Steven Pinker on
win-win negotiating • Daniel C. Dennett on benefiting from cycles • Jaron Lanier on resisting
delusion • Frank Wilczek on the brain's hidden layers • Clay Shirky on the ?80 20 rule? •
Daniel Goleman on understanding our connection to the natural world • V. S. Ramachandran on
paradigm shifts • Matt Ridley on tapping collective intelligence • John McWhorter on path
dependence • Lisa Randall on effective theorizing • Brian Eno on ?ecological vision? • Richard
Thaler on rooting out false concepts • J. Craig Venter on the multiple possible origins of life
• Helen Fisher on temperament • Sam Harris on the flow of thought • Lawrence Krauss on living
with uncertainty

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