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Framers: Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil

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'Wonderfully stimulating... will teach you to see around corners' -- Tim Harford
'A paean to cognitive agility and the elasticity of the imagination' -- The Economist
'A tightly written prescription for smart thinking' -- Financial Times



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 our moment of economic upheaval, social tensions and existential threats. Framers shows how.

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  • Format: Paperback
  • Weight: 332g
  • Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 13 May 2021
  • Publisher: Ebury Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780753554999

About Francis de VericourtKenneth CukierViktor Mayer-Schoenberger

Kenneth Cukier is a Senior Editor at The Economist and host of its weekly tech podcast. He is also an associate fellow at Said Business School at the University of Oxford researching artificial intelligence. His TED Talk on AI and society has over 2 million views. Kenn was a foreign correspondent for two decades in Europe Asia and America and a research fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He serves on the board of Chatham House and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger is Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University. He is also a faculty affiliate of the Belfer Center of Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. Viktor and his work have been featured in (among others) the New York Times the Wall Street Journal the Financial Times The Economist Nature Science BBC and Wired Magazine. He is also on the boards of foundations think tanks and organizations focused on studying the information economy and advises governments businesses and NGOs on new economy and information society issues. Francis de Vericourt is Professor of Management Science at the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) in Berlin. His current research explores how machine learning affects the way individuals frame their decisions and give rise to incentive problems. He has lived and worked in France USA Germany and Singapore. He has given talks at Yale University Wharton School of Business London Business School Cambridge University Tsinghua University Singapore National University and many others and has been the recipient of multiple teaching awards.

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