The Intelligence Trap
Revolutionise your Thinking and Make Wiser Decisions
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The Intelligence Trap
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Narrated by:
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Simon Slater
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By:
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David Robson
About this listen
'Ceaselessly fascinating and brilliantly written' WILL STORR
'A startling, provocative and potently useful book' SUNDAY TIMES
A toolkit to help smart people overcome their blind spots and maximise their potential, from the author of The Expectation Effect.
We assume that smarter people are less prone to error. But education and expertise can sometimes make our mistakes worse and our blind spots bigger. Why did genius Steve Jobs make errors of judgement? Why do doctors misdiagnose 10-15% of their patients? Why do Nobel Prize winners spread fake news? This is the intelligence trap.
Drawing on the latest behavioural science and great brains from Socrates to Benjamin Franklin, David Robson demonstrates how to apply our intelligence more wisely. He shows us how we can identify bias, read and regulate our emotions, fine-tune our intuition, navigate ambiguity and uncertainty and think more flexibly.
Whether you are a NASA scientist or a school student, The Intelligence Trap offers a new toolkit to realise your full potential.
©2019 David Robson (P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-10-2019
Excellent
A bit slow to start with, then excellent. Thought provoking when it comes to managing risk, and simple mistakes that caused tremendous losses.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-07-2021
Touch of political I didnt appreciate
I wished he hadn't touched on the political. Unnecessary. Other than that a great book.
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- KiwiHoria
- 01-06-2020
Good material
The historical examples are excellent to convey the key insights around biases. I find it amusing that the author engages in similar dogmatic judgement while simultaneously extolling the virtues of cultivating the wisdom to practice curiosity.
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- andrew s.
- 26-09-2023
amazing book!!!
simply an amazing and and well thought out book.
the narrator was excellent and a great fit.
Highly recommended!
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- Kellie Davis
- 05-12-2019
Rubbish
Bad science, unquantifiable data
Just rubbish
Elitist and unhinged
The author needs therapy to deal with his obvious inferiority complex
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