Everything Is Obvious Once You Know the Answer

Name: Everything Is Obvious Once You Know the Answer
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ISBN: 9780385531689

ISBN-10: 0385531680

ISBN-13: 9780385531689

Edition: 2011

Authors: Duncan J. Watts

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Why is the Mona Lisa the most famous painting in the world? Why did Facebook succeed when other social networking sites failed? Did the surge in Iraq really lead to less violence? How much can CEOrs"s impact the performance of their companies? And does higher pay incentivize people to work hard? If you think the answers to these questions are a matter of common sense, think again. As sociologist and network science pioneer Duncan Watts explains in this provocative and at times unsettling book, the explanations that we give for the outcomes that we observe in life-explanation that seem obvious once we know the answer-are less useful than they seem. Drawing on the latest scientific research,…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/29/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface: A Sociologist's Apology



Common Sense



The Myth of Common Sense



Thinking About Thinking



The Wisdom (and Madness) of Crowds



Special People



History, The Fickle Teacher



The Dream of Prediction



Uncommon Sense



The Best-Laid Plans



The Measure of All Things



Fairness and Justice



The Proper Study of Mankind


Acknowledgements


Bibliography


Notes


Index