This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking (Edge Question Series)
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Book Synopsis: 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
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This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking (Edge Question Series) is the ultimate brain-boosting book you need to enhance your cognitive toolkit. In this groundbreaking publication, John Brockman has gathered the insights of the world's most influential thinkers in various fields such as psychology, philosophy, economics, physics, and sociology, among others. With a foreword by renowned author David Brooks, this book presents brilliant but accessible ideas that will expand your mind and revolutionize the way you think about yourself and the world.
Imagine being able to tap into the wisdom of experts like Daniel Kahneman, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, and Lisa Randall. In This Will Make You Smarter, they share their visionary answers to the question of what scientific concept would improve everybody’s cognitive toolkit. Insights on controlling attention, understanding collective intelligence, effective theorizing, conquering fear of the unknown, and so much more await you within these pages.
Are you ready to take your thinking to the next level? This book will not only sharpen your intellectual capabilities but also provide you with practical strategies to manage cognitive load, negotiate win-win situations, and even gain an ecological vision for a better world. Join the likes of Matt Ridley, Brian Eno, Helen Fisher, and Lawrence Krauss as they explore the frontiers of knowledge and offer you a glimpse into a brighter future.
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