How to Stay Smart in a Smart World

Name: How to Stay Smart in a Smart World
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Why Human Intelligence Still Beats Algorithms

By Gerd Gigerenzer

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How to Stay Smart in a Smart World

Description

An essential guide to navigating our data-driven world, from one of the most influential psychologists of the twenty-first century.

Is more data always better? Do algorithms really make better decisions than humans? Can we stay in control in an increasingly automated world?

Drawing on examples from all spheres of life—media literacy, online dating, self-driving cars, the justice system, health records—Gerd Gigerenzer shows how, when it comes to data and decision-making, more isn't always better. When dealing with uncertainty, the elegant and nuanced simplicity of human reasoning beats complex algorithms time and time again.

Filled with practical examples and cutting-edge research, How to Stay Smart in a Smart World examines the growing role of AI at all levels of daily life with refreshing clarity. This book is a liferaft in a sea of information and an urgent invitation to actively shape the digital world in which we want to live.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141995045

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 March 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 236g

Pages: 320

Collections

Computing & Technology Education & Reference Gerd Gigerenzer Mindset & Self Help Non-Fiction Penguin Books Personal Development Philosophy & Psychology Science & Nature Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Gerd Gigerenzer is Director of the Harding Centre for Risk Literacy at the University of Potsdam and partner of Simply Rational- The Institute for Decisions. He is former Director of the Centre for Adaptive Behaviour and Cognition at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and a former Professor of Psychology at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books on heuristics and decision-making, including Risk Savvy and Reckoning with Risk.