Framers: Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil
Author: Mayer-Schoenberger, Viktor
ISBN: 9780753555002
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year First Published: 2022
Pages: 272
Dimensions: 196mm x 126mm x 17mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
The 2-million bestselling authors of Big Data now show the limits of data, and explain the incredible power of human ingenuity to get better results than anyone could have previously imagined.
A Financial Times and Economist Book of the Year
'Wonderfully stimulating... will teach you to see around corners' -- Tim Harford
The power of mental models to make better decisions
We're always told that humans make bad decisions and that more data is better. But this is backwards- people are actually good at decisions because we use mental models and can envision new realities outside of data. Great outcomes don't depend so much on the final moment of choosing but on generating better alternatives to choose between. That's framing. It's a cognitive muscle we can strengthen to improve our lives, work and future -- to meet this historical moment. Framers shows how.
ISBN: 9780753555002
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year First Published: 2022
Pages: 272
Dimensions: 196mm x 126mm x 17mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
The 2-million bestselling authors of Big Data now show the limits of data, and explain the incredible power of human ingenuity to get better results than anyone could have previously imagined.
A Financial Times and Economist Book of the Year
'Wonderfully stimulating... will teach you to see around corners' -- Tim Harford
The power of mental models to make better decisions
We're always told that humans make bad decisions and that more data is better. But this is backwards- people are actually good at decisions because we use mental models and can envision new realities outside of data. Great outcomes don't depend so much on the final moment of choosing but on generating better alternatives to choose between. That's framing. It's a cognitive muscle we can strengthen to improve our lives, work and future -- to meet this historical moment. Framers shows how.
