Gee, James Paul.
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-235) and index.
- Preface — Orwell’s question: why are humans so stupid? PART I: How to be stupid: Short-circuiting the circuit of human reflective action — The limits of human memory — Mental comfort stories — Lack of context — Lack of experience — Pitfalls along our search for status and solidarity — Words gone awry — Lack of agency — Institutions and frozen thought — Fact-free stories that sound good — Imagined kin — Lonely groups of one — When not to trust experts — Evading knowledge — Flight from complexity. PART II: How to get smart before it’s too late: Inclusive we: how we can all get smarter together — Big minds, not little minds — Mind visions and new, better worlds — Synchronized intelligence: getting our minds and tools in synch — Interlude to forestall possible misunderstandings — Getting smarter before it’s too late
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