Margaret Heffernan

So many people hate and fear uncertainty. It causes much stress and anxiety, and we often prefer certain bad news to doubt. We turn to technology for certainty, only to find we become dependent, addicted—and more anxious than ever. But artists live with uncertainty: unsure how their work will develop, whether it will succeed or, if it does, why. Yet...

Fully revised and updated since its first publication in 2011 to encompass further appalling instances of wilful blindness: Grenfell Tower, Carillion, Harvey Weinstein, Windrush and many more. Why, after every major accident and blunder, do we look back and ask, how could we have been so blind? Why do some people see what others don't? And how can we change?...

'An urgent read … Karl Popper for the 21st century' Robert Phillips, former CEO, Edelman EMEA and author of Trust me, PR is Dead ‘Heffernan is ... a deft storyteller. Uncharted is ... wise and appealingly human’ Tim Harford, Financial Times How can we think about the future? What do we need to do – and who do we need...