The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes

W. W. Norton & Company, 2021. Paperback. Used like new softcover in matte printed wraps. Slight shelf wear. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes author's notes, index, and B&W illustrations. 323 pp.

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ISBN: 9780393541465

The Intelligence Trap explores cutting-edge ideas in our understanding of intelligence and expertise, including "motivated reasoning," "meta-forgetfulness," and "functional stupidity." David Robson reveals the surprising ways that even the brightest minds and most talented organizations can go wrong?from some of Thomas Edison's worst ideas to failures at NASA--while offering practical advice to avoid mistakes based on the timeless lessons of Benjamin Franklin, Richard Feynman, and Daniel Kahneman.

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