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

by John Brockman (Author)

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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 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

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“For ... readers interested in keeping up with what serious thinkers are thinking about thinking, this book offers nourishing food for thought.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“Thinking is excellent and mind-expanding in its entirety.” (BrainPickings)

About the Author

The publisher of the online science salon Edge.org, John Brockman is the editor of Know This, This Idea Must Die, This Explains Everything, This Will Make You Smarter, and other volumes.

Series: Best of Edge Series
Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Harper Perennial (October 29, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062258540
ISBN-13: 978-0062258540
Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 1 x 8 inches
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Average Customer Review: 47 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #593,796 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #661 in Cognitive Psychology (Books)
- #1967 in Business Decision Making
- #1759 in Medical Cognitive Psychology

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Lawrence Way

Informed but....

November 26, 2013

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This book contains much interesting, up-to-date information, but it largely consists of unedited transcripts of informal discussions or presentations. As such it displays stream of consciousness rambling, unnecessary and irritating repetition, lack of depth in the development of many of the ideas, and a host of irritatingly poor grammar. I understand that Professor Brockman may have wanted a fast turn-around, but that surely could have been accomplished with a modicum of "condensation and editing for clarity."

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Incredibly thought-provoking, a must-read.

October 13, 2014

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This book spans a diverse spectrum of science, philosophy, and statistics. It contains tremendous insight into human thinking and behavior. I will be re-reading it shortly as there is far too much material to absorb on one pass. This collection of transcribed talks and essays is like a mile-long buffet full of exotic and delicious foods... so don't expect to get it all on one plate (or even 3 or 4 for that matter). The only reason I stop short of 5 stars is that a small minority of the authors (2 or 3) have atrocious writing skills that really do detract from the readability of the book. Some of it reads like a stream-of-consciousness journal entry written by an 7th grader. I wish the book editor had either made them clean it up, or cleaned it up for them! Then it would have been perfect. I have been recommending this book to all my thinking friends with the caveat that some of the grammar and form stinks. But the content is amazing and definitely worth reading. It should be required reading for anyone that works with other member of the human race.

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sisyphus

Patience required

January 27, 2016

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This book consists of transcripts of presentations and is very uneven as might be expected, it would be nice if this were clearer in the description. That said there is some very interesting ideas being presented, I suspect that the some of the discussions held after the presentations would have been both interesting and caustic (I think it would have been much more enlightening to have been there). The primary problem is that there is a lot of chaff to wade through to get to the interesting ideas. What constitutes an interesting idea is going to vary a great deal though depending on the reader's particular interests so your mileage may vary. It was a worthwhile read despite the struggle but it is likely that there will be some struggle involved in getting to your particular gems of knowledge.

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Joaquin Azpiroz

I didn't realize that these books were from a series ...

December 26, 2014

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I didn't realize that these books were from a series of talks or seminars from the EDGE organization. The subject is interesting, and the chapter authors are well-recognized professionals in their field. However, the subjects go all over the place and the book itself is not too coherent.
Having said that, it is a passable introduction to all of the authors, who have a lot more to say in their own books and publications.

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Entraya Crosshill

A nice platter of interesting treats

May 14, 2014

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If you can't decide what you feel like learning or reading about, or just want to gather some more knowledge about whatever, you may like the idea of this book. It is a collection of different papers on different subjects, including synesthesia and phantom limb pain (which i found especially interesting), so you may very well learn something new. It is easy to read, can be picked up by most, and will do a nice job as appetizer or dessert, should you want a quick little treat. Chances are that it will open new doors of interest, as it reaches broadly

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Michael Hatmaker

overall very educational read

March 31, 2014

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This book is split into chapters that are each a separate essay about cognition, intuition, morality, and other topics. Some of the chapters are very good and easy to read. Some are very good but a bit obtuse. And a few weren't that interesting. But overall, you will walk away from this book with a better understanding of how we think, and it introduces some concepts that will make you ask novel questions about yourself and others.

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Camber

Disappointing

December 3, 2013

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I like the series of books associated with Edge.org, and this particular book has several prominent contributors, but I was disappointed. The problems are twofold. First, some of the contributions are simply too rambling and uninteresting, and to make matters worse, too long as well. Second, other contributions, especially those from the more prominent contributors, are more worthwhile, but even these tend not to have the same density and conciseness of content as can be found in other writings by the same authors, so the contributions are considerably 'lower yield' than I expected. Overall, I think this book is a good concept which wasn't well executed, so I unfortunately can't recommend it.

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Dionne Lew

A go-to source of Brain Food that everyone should read

August 28, 2014

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I think it's fair to say that I am a total John Brockman fan - I now have pretty much all the books in this collection and they are my absolute go-to source of Brain Food.

I first came to this collection through the book This Will Make You Smarter, a collection of predominantly 2-page essays from some of the world's greatest thinkers on all sorts of issues.

The discussions are challenging, thought-provoking and interesting and make me revisit what it is I know or think I know - and Thinking is much the same.

These should be in the school curriculum - they are the cutting edge of thinking.

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