The Intelligence Trap

The ultimate guide to help you revolutionise your thinking, make wiser decisions and transform your life

By: David Robson

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Paperback | 6 February 2020 | Edition Number 1

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It is time for us to learn a new way of thinking: a cognitive toolkit to navigate intelligence traps, fake news and to maximise our potential.

What blinkered Einstein and Edison? Why did Steve Jobs and NASA make lethal errors of judgement? How might environmental disaster and social inequality be averted?

It is time for us to learn a new way of thinking.

The twenty-first century presents complex problems that require a wiser way of reasoning, one that recognises our current limitations, tolerates ambiguity and uncertainty, balances multiple perspectives, and bridges diverse areas of expertise.

Whatever our age and experience, whether a NASA scientist or a school student, we will benefit from wielding our minds with insight, precision, social sensitivity and humility.

In an exhilarating journey through current research, drawing on insight from Socrates to Benjamin Franklin and some of the world's most successful industries, award-winning science journalist David Robson shows how to build a cognitive toolkit to help us all maximise our full potential.

About the Author

David Robson has worked as an editor at New Scientist and BBC Future, where he specializes in topics related to neuroscience and psychology. His writing has also appeared in Nature, the Observer and the Washington Post. He lives in London.

Industry Reviews

A startling, provocative and potently useful book. - Sunday Times

Brilliant. The Intelligence Trap combines mesmerising storytelling with groundbreaking new research ... Essential reading for anyone who wants to think more clearly.

I loved The Intelligence Trap. As fun to read as it is fascinating, it celebrates the power of humility and curiosity. Everyone, especially intelligent people, should read this brilliant and important book.

Ceaselessly fascinating and brilliantly written by one of our most consistently superb science writers. Its counter-intuitive argument, that intelligence is no inoculation against wrongness, explains so much about the fractious and baffling times in which we live.

Deftly digs into why smart people can do so many dumb things and leads us deep into the world of our own mental booby trap.

Fascinating and enjoyable ... This thought-provoking and brilliantly researched guide to achieving true wisdom shows us how to be smarter .

An elegant survey of current thinking about thinking, and how best to do it without pride, prejudice, or arrogance. - Mail on Sunday

We need to find new and better ways to teach critical thinking and measure good judgement. Reading David Robson's book would be a good place to start. - Wall Street Journal

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