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Flawed Prophets: Why we love predicting the future, and how we can be better at it.
The story of humanity is a story of predictions.We bet on the outcomes of sporting events; we try to figure out optimal career paths; we forecast stock market prices; we make predictions all the time!
Why are we so fascinated by the future? Why have we created for ourselves a society where predictive abilities are needed for everyday functioning? More importantly, if we must be prophets, how do we at least become better ones, devoid of biases and fatal cognitive flaws that hold us back from clearly seeing ahead?
To see our future better, we need to first take a look at our past.
Why are we so fascinated by the future? Why have we created for ourselves a society where predictive abilities are needed for everyday functioning? More importantly, if we must be prophets, how do we at least become better ones, devoid of biases and fatal cognitive flaws that hold us back from clearly seeing ahead?
To see our future better, we need to first take a look at our past.
213 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 31, 2021
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