The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes

David Robson

The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes
Format
Hardback
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Country
United States
Published
11 February 2022
Pages
336
ISBN
9780393651423

The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes

David Robson

Smart people are not only just as prone to making mistakes as everyone else, they may be even more susceptible to them. This is the intelligence trap, the subject of David Robson’s fascinating and provocative book.

The Intelligence Trap explores cutting-edge ideas in our understanding of intelligence and expertise, including strategic ignorance,
meta-forgetfulness, and functional stupidity. 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, Nokia, and the FBI. And he offers practical advice to avoid mistakes based on the timeless lessons of Benjamin Franklin, Richard Feynman, and Daniel Kahneman.

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