Title
This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking - Paperback
by John Brockman (Author)
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.
Contributors include:
- 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 Goleman on understanding
our connection to the natural world - Matt Ridley on tapping collective
intelligence - Lisa Randall on effective theorizing
- Brian Eno on "ecological vision"
- 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
Front Jacket
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
--DAVID BROOKS, from the ForewordBack Jacket
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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by John Brockman (Author)
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.
Contributors include:
- 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 Goleman on understanding
our connection to the natural world - Matt Ridley on tapping collective
intelligence - Lisa Randall on effective theorizing
- Brian Eno on "ecological vision"
- 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
Front Jacket
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
--DAVID BROOKS, from the ForewordBack Jacket
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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